falls
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔːlz/
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Noun
falls (plural falls)
- A waterfall.
- Niagara Falls
- 1983 [1981], John Crowley, “The Art of Memory”, in Little, Big, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 475:
- And climbed up through the woods, past the lake island where the white gazebo stood up to its knees in mist, up to where a falls fell melodiously into a deep dark pool.
Derived terms
- American Falls
- Bishop's Falls
- Black River Falls
- Chippewa Falls
- Clam Falls
- Cottonwood Falls
- Crystal Falls
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Falls City
- Falls County
- Falls of Cruachan
- Fergus Falls
- Granite Falls
- Great Falls
- Idaho Falls
- International Falls
- Little Falls
- Niagara Falls
- Red Lake Falls
- Redwood Falls
- Rock Falls
- Sioux Falls
- Smiths Falls
- Thief River Falls
- Thompson Falls
- Twin Falls
- Victoria Falls
- Wichita Falls
Translations
A waterfall
Noun
falls
Verb
falls
- third-person singular simple present indicative of fall
German
Pronunciation
Conjunction
falls
- (conditional, somewhat formal) if, in the event that
- Falls es anfängt zu regnen, müssen wir das Fenster zumachen.
- If it starts raining, we need to close the window.
- (chiefly colloquial) in case, in order to be; prepared if
- Lass uns das Fenster zumachen, falls es anfängt zu regnen.
- Let's close the window, in case it starts raining.
Usage notes
- Falls is synonymous to the more common wenn (“if”), but has the advantage of being unambiguously conditional, while wenn can also be used temporally (meaning "when, whenever").
- Colloquially, falls is used somewhat differently than in standard German proper. It does occur in sense 1, but infrequently. In return, it is often heard in sense 2 where formal usage would require für den Fall, dass.
Synonyms
- (sense 1) wenn
- (sense 2) für den Fall, dass
Related terms
Further reading
Icelandic
Noun
falls n
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
falls
- if (in the case that)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
falls
- (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of fall
- (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive plural of fall
See also
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