Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
im Fall. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
im Fall, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
im Fall in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
im Fall you have here. The definition of the word
im Fall will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
im Fall, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
German
Etymology
Literally, “in the case”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard German of Germany and Austria) IPA(key):
- (Standard German of Switzerland) IPA(key): ,
Prepositional phrase
im Fall
- (Switzerland, idiomatic) just to let you know; by the way
- Synonyms: (colloquial) nur zur Information/ nur zur Info; am Rande, im Übrigen, übrigens; (erudite) apropos
2004 September 4, “Schweizerischer Pfaditag 2004”, in Berner Zeitung, page 35:Vorurteil 9: Pfadfinder singen altmodische Lieder. «He! Wir singen im Fall auch moderne Sachen», sagt Simon.- Prejudice 9: Boy scouts sing old-fangled songs. “Hey! We also do sing by the way modern stuff” Simon says.
- 2008 November 19th, Malolo Kessler: «Ich wäre gerne Pianistin geworden», in St. Galler Tagblatt, No. 271, p. 37 (archived online; retrieved October 18, 2015), p. 37:
Sie habe sehr gut Klavier gespielt. Das kann sie jetzt nicht mehr. «Die da würden ja noch funktionieren», sagt sie, streckt beide Hände in die Luft und bewegt die Finger. Aber sie sehe nicht mehr sehr gut. Sonst sei sie gesund. «Ich habe in den ganzen hundert Jahren ‹im Fall› noch nie Kopfschmerzen gehabt.»- She have played the piano very well. That, she cannot do anymore. “These would still do” she says stretching her arms in the air and moving her fingers. But she is not able anymore to see very well. Otherwise she be healthy. “Just to let you know, I have never had headaches in all of these one hundred years.”
Synonyms
References
- “im Fall” in Ulrich Ammon et al.: Variantenwörterbuch des Deutschen: Die Standardsprache in Österreich, der Schweiz und Deutschland sowie in Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Ostbelgion und Südtirol, Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 2004, →ISBN, (GoogleBooks), p. 230.