See also: fall, fäll, and fæll

English

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Proper noun

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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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Proper noun

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Fall (plural Falls)

  1. A surname.

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Fell.

Noun

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Fall n

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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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Derived terms of Fall (noun)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Low German [Term?].

Noun

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

  1. (nautical) halyard
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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German val.

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Noun

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Fall m (plural Fäll)

  1. case, situation, circumstance
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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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Fall m (plural Felle)

  1. fall
  2. case, event

Etymology 2

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Compare German Falle, Dutch val.

Noun

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Fall f (plural Falle)

  1. trap