# die Merle

die Merle is a German noun meaning “blackbird”. Forms: der Merle, die Merlen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Merle
- Plural: die Merlen

## Noun

1. _dialectal_ blackbird
   - Eine schlanke schmächtige Erle, Da saßen wir oft in wachendem Traum Und horchten dem Schlage der Merle; Die hatte ihr struppiges Nest gebaut Grad in der schwankenden Krone[.] — A slim and slender alder, There we often sat in waking dream And listened to the blackbird’s cry; She had built her scrubby nest Right in the swaying top[.]

## Proper name

1. a female given name of modern usage

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