Fallsucht

German

Etymology

From fallen (“to fall”) +‎ Sucht (here in the old sense “illness, disease”), thus the same as English falling sickness. Compare also Arabic صَرْع (ṣarʕ), equally derived from a word for “to fall”. From the fits which cast the patients to the ground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalˌzʊχt/
• Hyphenation: Fall‧sucht

• Audio

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Noun

Fallsucht f (genitive Fallsucht, no plural)

1. (archaic) epilepsy

   Synonyms: Epilepsie, (obsolete) Schwerenot

Declension

Declension of Fallsucht [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fallsucht
genitive	einer	der	Fallsucht
dative	einer	der	Fallsucht
accusative	eine	die	Fallsucht

Derived terms

• fallsüchtig

Further reading

• “Fallsucht” in Duden online
• “Fallsucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache