zusammenfallen

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German

Etymology

zusammen- +‎ fallen. In the sense “to merge” probably a loan translation of Latin coincidēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsuˈzamənˌfalən/, , , ,
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Verb

zusammenfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt zusammen, past tense fiel zusammen, past participle zusammengefallen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to collapse
    Synonym: zusammenstürzen
    Antonyms: auseinanderfallen, auseinandergehen
  2. to merge; to fall together; to coincide

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