fällen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vellen, Old High German fellen, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to make fall”). Cognate with English fell.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fällen (weak, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fällte, past participle gefällt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to cut down, to chop down, to fell (a tree)
- (transitive, intransitive, chemistry) to precipitate
- Synonym: ausfällen
- (a decision) to make
- Synonym: treffen
- (a judgement or sentence) to pass
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | fällen | ||||
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present participle | fällend | ||||
past participle | gefällt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fälle | wir fällen | i | ich fälle | wir fällen |
du fällst | ihr fällt | du fällest | ihr fället | ||
er fällt | sie fällen | er fälle | sie fällen | ||
preterite | ich fällte | wir fällten | ii | ich fällte1 | wir fällten1 |
du fälltest | ihr fälltet | du fälltest1 | ihr fälltet1 | ||
er fällte | sie fällten | er fällte1 | sie fällten1 | ||
imperative | fäll (du) fälle (du) |
fällt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fällen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fällen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fällen” in Duden online
- “fällen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fällen
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