German

Alternative forms

• Kwelle

Noun

Quelle f ‎(genitive Quelle, plural Quellen)

1. (origin of a river or stream) spring
2. well (oil, gas)
3. source
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 109:

     Optimistischen Schätzungen zufolge könnte im Jahr 2040 bereits die Hälfte des Flugzeugsprits aus biologischen Quellen stammen.

     According to optimistic estimates, already half of the airplane fuel could originate from biological sources in the year 2040.

Declension

Derived terms

• Quellort
• Quellbecken
• Quellfluss
• Quellwasser
• Lichtquelle
• Nahrungsquelle
• Nachrichtenquelle
• Ölquelle
• Primärquelle
• Stromquelle
• Wasserquelle

French

Adjective

quelle f

1. feminine singular of quel:
   1. which?

      C'est quelle femme ?

      Which woman is it?

   2. (exclamation) What a ...!

Pronoun

quelle f

1. feminine singular of quel

Derived terms

• laquelle

Anagrams

• lequel

German

Verb

quelle

1. First-person singular present of quellen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of quellen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of quellen.

Italian

Adjective

quelle f pl

1. feminine plural of quello

Pronoun

quelle f pl

1. feminine plural of quello