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German
Etymology
Back-formation from zerfallen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsɛɐ̯ˈfal/
- Hyphenation: Zer‧fall
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
Zerfall m (strong, genitive Zerfalles or Zerfalls, plural Zerfälle)
- disintegration, collapse, breakup, dissolution
- Zerfall Jugoslawiens ― breakup of Yugoslavia
- Zerfall der Sowjetunion ― dissolution of the Soviet Union
- decay
1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.- The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.
- (physics) decay
Declension
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