fald

See also: fałd and -fald

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˀ/, [ˈfalˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz, cognate with English fall, German Fall. Derived from the verb *fallaną (“to fall”). The sense "case" is a calque of Latin cāsus.

Noun

fald n (singular definite faldet, plural indefinite fald)

1. fall (tumble, drop, a downward motion)
2. decrease, decline
3. (grammar, rare outside of compounds) case (grammatical form that defines the function of a noun phrase in a sentence)
4. (in fixed phrases) event, case

   in fixed phrases: i alt fald (“in any case”), ifald (“in case, if”), i bedste fald (“at best”), i givet fald (“if so”), i hvert fald (“in any case”), i modsat fald (“otherwise”), i så fald (“in that case”), i værste fald (“at worst”).

Inflection

Declension of fald

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fald	faldet	fald	faldene
genitive	falds	faldets	falds	faldenes

Derived terms

• affald
• ejefald
• genstandsfald
• hensynsfald
• knæfald
• nævnefald
• stå for fald
• vandfald

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fald

1. imperative of falde

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• faljad

Etymology

fal +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒld]
• Hyphenation: fald
• Rhymes: -ɒld

Verb

fald

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fal

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fald m (definite singular falden, indefinite plural falder, definite plural faldene)

1. (sewing) hem

See also

• oppbrett

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Vilamovian

fald

Etymology

From Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fald n (plural faldyn)

1. field