Gefell

From Middle High German gevelle (“fall, chasm”), from Old High German gefelli (“collapse”), a collective form of val (“fall”). Equivalent to ge- +‎ Fall (“fall”). Cognate with German Gefälle (“slope, incline”).

Gefell n

1. (Uri) steep hill

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 14 (in § 16): "kfell n. steile Halde, zu fallə", p. 111: "Gefell n. 16"

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Gefell n (proper noun, genitive Gefells or (optionally with an article) Gefell)

1. Gefell (a town in Thuringia, Germany)

   Meronym: Mödlareuth