See also: fall, fäll, and fæll

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Proper noun edit

the Fall

  1. (theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve. [from 14th c.]

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Fall (plural Falls)

  1. A surname.

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Fell.

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Fall n

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) fur, pelt
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) hide

Further reading edit

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fal/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1 edit

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.

Noun edit

Fall m (strong, genitive Falles or Falls, plural Fälle)

  1. fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
    freier Fallfree fall
  2. fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
    der Fall von Konstantinopelthe fall of Constantinople
  3. fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
  4. case (actual event, situation, or fact)
    Synonyms: Ereignis, Sachverhalt
    Im Falle eines Falles.in case of an emergency.
  5. case (instance or event as a topic of study)
  6. case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
    Synonyms: Sache, Angelegenheit, Causa
    1. (medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
  7. (grammar) case (kind of inflection of a nominal)
    Synonym: Kasus
    Coordinate terms: Geschlecht, Zahl
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grammatical case
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Low German [Term?].

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Fall n (mixed, genitive Falles or Falls, plural Fallen)

  1. (nautical) halyard
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Etymology edit

From Old High German val.

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Fall m (plural Fäll)

  1. case, situation, circumstance

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Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Compare German Fall, Dutch geval.

Noun edit

Fall m (plural Felle)

  1. fall
  2. case, event

Etymology 2 edit

Compare German Falle, Dutch val.

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Fall f (plural Falle)

  1. trap