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Zufall

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Zufall.

    Proper noun

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    Zufall (plural Zufalls)

    1. A surname from German.

    Statistics

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    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Zufall is the 33990th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 669 individuals. Zufall is most common among White (95.96%) individuals.

    Further reading

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    German

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Early New High German zuoval, a calque of Latin accidēns; see zufallen. Attested in the 15th century.[1] Cognate with Dutch toeval.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Zufall m (strong, genitive Zufalles or Zufalls, plural Zufälle)

    1. chance, coincidence, randomness
      durch / per Zufall.by chance.
      Ich habe ihn heute per Zufall getroffenI encountered him by chance today.
    2. (obsolete, often in the plural) synonym of Anfall (fit; seizure)
      • 1880, Johanna Spyri, Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre [Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning]‎[1], Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes:
        Und vielleicht kann sich der Herr Pfarrer auch noch der Mutter erinnern, der Adelheid; sie war mondsüchtig und hatte Zufälle, soll das Kind auch so etwas holen mit der Anstrengung?
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      • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 65:
        Das sei nichts für ihn, er brauche einen vernünftigen Luftdruck, sonst kriege er Zufälle.
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    Declension

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    References

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    1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (2002), “Zufall”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

    Further reading

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    • Zufall” in Duden online
    • Zufall”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)