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f ‎(genitive Diele, plural Dielen)
usage notes, top meaning A Diele is a hallway in a private residence, as is Korridor. The synonym Flur can also mean the stairwell of an apartment house.
If an apartment has a foyer and then a separate hallway branching off from it, the Diele will usually be only the foyer and the hallway will be called Flur, Gang, Korridor.
  1. usually plural plank (most often on a floor)
  2. hallway, hall, foyer (room)
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Bei diesem Sichbücken bauschte sich ihr Rock ( ein weiter gelber Rock mit vier Falbeln ) um sie herum und stand wie steif auf der Diele, und je nach der Bewegung Emmas, die sich neigte, die Arme ausstreckte und sich dabei in den Hüften ein wenig hin und her drehte, wogte der Stoff auf und nieder.With the movement she made in bending down, her dress ( it was a summer dress with four flounces, yellow, long in the waist and wide in the skirt ) spread out around her on the flags of the room; and as Emma stooping, staggered a little as she stretched out her arms.OP328155
Und die Diele, auf der sie stand, begann zu schwanken wie das Deck eines Seeschiffes...It seemed to her that the ground of the oscillating square went up the walls and that the floor dipped on end like a tossing boat.OP359048
In den Ohren klang es ihr, als würden Säcke voll Goldstücke vor ihr ausgeschüttet, die nur so über die Diele kollerten.Emma grew rather confused in her calculations, and her ears tingled as if gold pieces, bursting from their bags, rang all round her on the floor.OP384737
Dann kehrte er in ihr Zimmer zurück, warf sich auf die Diele, lehnte den Kopf gegen den Rand ihres Bettes und schluchzte.Then going back to her, he sank upon the carpet, and lay there with his head leaning against the edge of her bed, sobbing.OP402467
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