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fall

verb · /fal/ ·

Translation

to fall; to drop

singular imperative of fallen

  1. singular imperative of fallen form-of, imperative, singular
  2. first-person singular present of fallen colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular

Fall

noun · /fal/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Cognate with Dutch val, English fall. The sense “case” in all its shapes is a calque of Latin casus. Borrowed from Low German [Term?].

Translation

  1. fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof) masculine, strong

    freier Fall

    free fall

  2. halyard mixed, neuter
  3. case source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  4. case source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  5. case source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  6. fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces) masculine, strong

    der Fall von Konstantinopel

    the fall of Constantinople

  7. fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc. masculine, strong
  8. case (actual event, situation, or fact) masculine, strong

    Im Falle eines Falles.

    in case of an emergency.

  9. case (instance or event as a topic of study) masculine, strong
  10. case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.) masculine, strong
  11. case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.); case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms) masculine, strong
  12. case (kind of inflection of a nominal) masculine, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Fall Fallen
Accusative Fall Fallen
Dative Fall Fallen
Genitive Falles Fallen