Fell

• As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”).
• As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.

Fell

1. A surname.
2. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Fell (plural Fells)

1. Ellipsis of Fell pony.
   • 2016, Fern Collins, The Noble Horse, page 126:

     Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible.

2. (uncountable, rail transport) Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.
   • 1957 June, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 426:

     This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail.

From Middle High German vël, from Old High German fël, from Proto-West Germanic *fell.

• IPA^(key): /fɛl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: fäll
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Fell n (strong, genitive Felles or Fells, plural Felle, diminutive Fellchen n)

1. fur, coat, pelt (hairy skin of an animal)

   Die Katze hat so ein schönes, schwarzes Fell!

   This cat has such nice black fur!

2. hide (the detached, tanned skin of an animal)

• Felleisen

• “Fell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fell” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Fell” in Duden online