fallen

Morphologically fall +‎ -en.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlən/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlən (UK), -ɔlən (General American), -ɑlən (cot–caught merger)

fallen

1. past participle of fall

fallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen or (uncommon) fallenest)

1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.

   fallen raindrops

2. Killed, especially in battle.

   a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers

   the disposal of fallen livestock

   • 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:41 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S.‎, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:

     We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail.

3. Having lost one's chastity.

   a fallen woman

   • 1964, Katharine Hillyer, Mark Twain, Young Reporter in Virginia City: The Racy, Rollicking Adventures of a Great Author in the Gamiest, Richest, Mightiest Town in All the Frontier West!:

     Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way.

   • 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids, →ISBN:

     "You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman […]

4. Having collapsed.

   a fallen building

5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
   • 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:

     That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]

• (having collapsed): collapsed

• (having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.): arisen

fallen (plural fallen)

1. (plural only) The dead.
2. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
   • 1873, James Strong with John McClintock, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5:

     In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.

fallen

1. third-person plural present indicative of fallar

From Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to Bavarian foin, Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Dutch falla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaln̩/, /ˈfalən/

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• Hyphenation: fal‧len

fallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
   • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:

     Das Programm fiel ihr aus der Hand.

     The programme fell from her hand.

   Der Regen fiel wie aus Eimern.

   It rained cats and dogs. (literally: 'The rain fell as if out of buckets.')

   Sie fiel zu Boden.

   She fell to the floor.

2. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

     Bei einem Patrouillenritt, zu dem er sich freiwillig gemeldet, war der älteste der Enkel gefallen. Ruhte nun fern in Feindesland.

     On a patrolling ride, for which he had volunteered, the oldest of the grandchildren had died. Rested now far away in enemy country.

3. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.

   Das Römische Reich fiel auf Grund der Völkerwanderung.

   The Roman Empire was overthrown by the consequences of the Migration period.

4. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline

   Zur Zeit der Finanzkrise fielen viele Aktienkurse um zahlreiche Prozentpunkte.

   During the banking scandal many stock prices decreased by a large percentage.

• (die in a war): im Feld bleiben

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

• vallen (New Saxon Spelling)

From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalːn̩/, /ˈfalːən/

fallen (past singular full, past participle fullen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (ergative) to fall, tumble

   de Avend fallt ― the evening falls

   in Slaap fallen ― to fall asleep

2. to happen

   dat is op düssen Dag fullen ― that happened on that day

• fellen

From Old English feallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Weak forms are due to the conflation of this verb with fellen (“to fell”) in some dialects.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalən/

fallen

1. to fall

• English: fall
• Yola: vall, vale, vole

• “fallen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From the verb falle.

fallen (neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

• småfallen

• “fallen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the verb falle.

fallen (neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

• småfallen

• “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

fallen

1. inflection of fallar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of fallir

fallen

1. past participle of falla

fallen

1. fallen

   en fallen ängel ― a fallen angel

   fallna äpplen ― fallen apples

fallen

1. definite plural of fall

• fallne