prallen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʁalən/
  • Hyphenation: pral‧len
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German prellen (to bash, bruise), which see. Compare Middle Low German prallen, prellen, brallen (to collide, bump, crash), whence German Low German prallen.

Verb

prallen (weak, third-person singular present prallt, past tense prallte, past participle geprallt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to collide, hit
  2. to shine
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

prallen

  1. inflection of prall:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • prallen” in Duden online
  • prallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache