Fall
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English
Proper noun
the Fall
- (theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.
Translations
fall of humanity into sin
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Proper noun
Fall (plural Falls)
- A surname.
East Central German
Etymology
Noun
Fall n
Further reading
- 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, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
Fall m (strong, genitive Falles or Falls, plural Fälle)
- fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
- freier Fall ― free fall
- fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
- der Fall von Konstantinopel ― the fall of Constantinople
- fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
- case (actual event, situation, or fact)
- Synonyms: Ereignis, Sachverhalt
- Im Falle eines Falles. ― in case of an emergency.
- case (instance or event as a topic of study)
- case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
- Synonyms: Sache, Angelegenheit, Causa
- (medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
- (grammar) case (kind of inflection of a nominal)
- Synonym: Kasus
- Coordinate terms: Geschlecht, Zahl
Declension
Declension of Fall
Hyponyms
grammatical case
Derived terms
Derived terms of Fall (noun)
- Abfall
- Anfall
- Ausfall
- Baufall
- Bedarfsfall
- Beifall
- Durchfall
- Einfall
- Einzelfall
- Fallbeil n
- Fallbeispiel n
- Fallgatter n
- Fallgeschwindigkeit f
- Fallhammer
- Fallhöhe
- Fallobst n
- Fallrohr n
- Fallschirm
- Fallstrick
- Fallstudie f
- Fallturm
- Falltür f
- Fallwind
- freier Fall
- Gegenfall
- Glücksfall
- Grenzfall
- Kniefall
- Kriminalfall
- Mauerfall
- Mordfall
- Notfall
- Präzedenzfall
- Regelfall
- Regenfall
- Schneefall
- Sonderfall
- Spezialfall
- Störfall
- Störungsfall
- Sündenfall
- Todesfall
- Überfall
- Unfall
- Vermisstenfall
- Wasserfall
- Zufall
- Zwischenfall
Derived terms (grammatical case)
Other derived terms of Fall
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Low German .
Noun
Fall n (mixed, genitive Falles or Falls, plural Fallen)
Declension
Declension of Fall
Further reading
- “Fall, stürzen, hinfallen, Sache” in Duden online
- “Fall, Tau, Seil” in Duden online
- “Fall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German val.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fall m (plural Fäll)
Related terms
Pennsylvania German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Compare German Fall, Dutch geval.
Noun
Fall m (plural Felle)
Etymology 2
Compare German Falle, Dutch val.
Noun
Fall f (plural Falle)