fald
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz, cognate with English fall, German Fall. Derived from the verb *fallaną (“to fall”). The sense "case" is a calque of Latin cāsus.
Noun edit
fald n (singular definite faldet, plural indefinite fald)
- fall (tumble, drop, a downward motion)
- decrease, decline
- (grammar, rare outside of compounds) case (grammatical form that defines the function of a noun phrase in a sentence)
- (in fixed phrases) event, case
- in fixed phrases: i alt fald (“in any case”), ifald (“in case, if”), i bedste fald (“at best”), i givet fald (“if so”), i hvert fald (“in any case”), i modsat fald (“otherwise”), i så fald (“in that case”), i værste fald (“at worst”).
Declension edit
Declension of fald
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
fald
- imperative of falde
Hungarian edit
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Etymology edit
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fald
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
fald m (definite singular falden, indefinite plural falder, definite plural faldene)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ukrainian фалд (fald).
Noun edit
fald m (plural falduri)
Declension edit
Declension of fald
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) fald | faldul | (niște) falduri | faldurii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) fald | faldului | (unor) falduri | faldurilor |
| vocative | faldule | faldurilor | ||
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
fald n (plural faldyn)