päälle — meaning in English

English meaning

• alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
• atop preposition On top of.
• on prep Positioned at, upon, or touching the surface of something.
• onto prep Moving to a position on top of or upon something.
• to particle Used before a verb to form the infinitive.

Senses

päälle is used for these senses in English:

• alight Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
• atop (literary, _, or, _, archaic) On, to, or at the top.
• on To an operating state.
• onto Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).

alight — full definition

1. verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
2. verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
3. adj On fire, or lit up with light.

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