befallen

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔlən/
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Verb[edit]

befallen

  1. past participle of befall

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ fallen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈfaln̩/, /bəˈfalən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧fal‧len
  • Rhymes: -aln̩

Verb[edit]

befallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present befällt, past tense befiel, past participle befallen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of a disease) to affect
  2. (of fear, desire, etc.) to seize
  3. to infest

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Further reading[edit]

  • befallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befallen” in Duden online
  • befallen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish[edit]

Participle[edit]

befallen

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of befalla
    Synonym: befalld (standard)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of befallen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular befallen
Neuter singular befallet
Plural befallna
Masculine plural3 befallne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 befallne
All befallna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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