Diele

See also: diele

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dille, from Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. More at thill.

The sense “hallway” is from Middle Low German dēle and its German Low German descendants. The form, Diele, likewise seems influenced by Low German (although it could stem from an attested Middle High German variant dile). Cognate with Dutch deel f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːlə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Diele f (genitive Diele, plural Dielen)

1. (usually in the plural) plank (most often on a floor)
   • 2018, “Bis uns das Licht vertreibt”, in Die Unendlichkeit, performed by Tocotronic:

     Du hörst mich nachts / Über Dielen gehn / Ich laufe hier wie irr herum / Und rauch die zehnte Zigarette / Innerhalb der halben Stunde / Die mir bleibt / Bis mich das Licht vertreibt

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. hallway, hall, foyer (room)

Usage notes

• A Diele is a hallway in a private residence, as is Korridor. Another synonym is Flur, but this can also mean the stairwell of an apartment house.
• If an apartment has a foyer and then a separate hallway branching off from it, only the foyer will be called Diele and the hallway will be called Flur, Gang, Korridor.

Declension

Declension of Diele [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Diele	die	Dielen
genitive	einer	der	Diele	der	Dielen
dative	einer	der	Diele	den	Dielen
accusative	eine	die	Diele	die	Dielen

Synonyms

• (room): Flur, Gang, Korridor

Derived terms

• Eisdiele

Further reading

• “Diele” in Duden online
• “Diele” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache