düşmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوشمك (düşmek, “to fall, go down, decline, to fall or pass into a condition”), from Proto-Turkic *tüĺ- (“to fall, move down”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

düşmek (third-person singular simple present düşer)

1. (intransitive) to fall, fall down

   Yapraklar hep sonbaharda düşer.

   Leaves always fall in autumn.

2. (intransitive) to fall, drop, go down, decrease
3. (transitive) to subtract; to deduct
4. (intransitive, for a fetus) to be miscarried; to be aborted
5. (intransitive) to fall into, be overcome by (doubts, worry, trouble), to wind up in, end up in
6. (intransitive) to get tired and weak, fall from power
7. (intransitive) to lie in (a certain direction)
8. (intransitive) to receive, get as one's share
9. (intransitive, colloquial) to live in sexual intimacy with, sleep around with

Conjugation

Derived terms

• düşü (“elevation”)
• düşey (“horizontal”)

Related terms

Further reading

• “düşmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu