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Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
fälla c
- a trap
Vi gick i fällan- We fell into the trap
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Etymology 2
From Old Swedish fælla, from Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną.
Verb
fälla (present fäller, preterite fällde, supine fällt, imperative fäll)
- to fell, to drop, to bring down (make something fall)
fälla ett träd- fell a tree
- to kill (by implication)
fälla en björn- kill a bear
- to trip (make someone fall by knocking their feet from under them)
Hon sträckte ut benet och fällde honom- She extended her leg and tripped him
- to convict (proclaim someone guilty of what they been accused of (in a courtroom))
Hon fälldes på fyra punkter- She was convicted on four counts
- to drop (a comment, statement, etc.)
Han fällde en olycklig kommentar- He dropped an unfortunate comment
- to be the deciding factor (in)
Orken fällde avgörandet i matchen- Their good stamina was what decided the outcome of the game
- (of textiles) to bleed (lose color)
Tröjan fällde i tvätten- The dye of the shirt bled in the washing machine
- (chemistry, usually reflexive or passive voice or transitive with ut (“out”)) to precipitate (out of a liquid)
- (with a particle) to fold (something more or less rigid (so as to bring it into or out of a more compact and often "deactivated" state))
fälla in landingsstället- retract the landing gear
fälla ut landingsstället- extend the landing gear
Conjugation
Conjugation of fälla (weak)
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