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Schwelle

threshold, doorsill

noun SHVEL-le Rare
Home & Lifestyle Construction

Also means

threshold (figurative, e.g. pain threshold)

Usage Note

Schwelle is the raised sill at a doorway; it also names railway sleepers (Bahnschwelle). Figuratively it appears in Schmerzschwelle and an der Schwelle zu etwas stehen.

Examples

"Pass auf, die Schwelle der Tür ist erhöht."

Natural Translation

Watch out, the door's threshold is raised.

Literal Translation

Pay attention, the threshold of-the door is raised.

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