See also: Befällen

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔlən/
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Verb edit

befallen

  1. past participle of befall

German edit

Etymology edit

From be- +‎ fallen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bəˈfaln̩/, /bəˈfalən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧fal‧len
  • Rhymes: -aln̩

Verb edit

befallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present befällt, past tense befiel, past participle befallen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of a disease) to affect
  2. (of fear, desire, etc.) to seize
  3. to infest

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • befallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befallen” in Duden online
  • befallen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish edit

Participle edit

befallen

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of befalla
    Synonym: befalld (standard)

Declension edit

Inflection of befallen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular befallen
Neuter singular befallet
Plural befallna
Masculine plural3 befallne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 befallne
All befallna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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