falle

See also: Falle, fallé, fälle, and Fälle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalə/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alə

Verb

falle

1. first-person singular present of fallen

   Hilfe, ich falle.

   Help I'm falling.

2. inflection of fallen:
   1. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   2. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.le/
• Rhymes: -alle
• Hyphenation: fàl‧le

Noun

falle f

1. plural of falla

Latin

Verb

falle

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fallō

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• Audio (Standard East Norwegian)

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Etymology 1

Derived from the verb falle, also influenced by German.

Noun

falle m (definite singular fallen, indefinite plural faller, definite plural fallene)

1. a slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves when pressing the handle.

Etymology 2

From Danish falde (pre-1907 spelling in Riksmål), from Old Norse falla (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Cognates include Faeroese and Swedish falla, Danish falde, English fall, German fallen.

Verb

falle (present tense faller, past tense falt, past participle falt, present participle fallende, imperative fall)

1. to fall

   Han skled, mistet fotfestet og falt.

   He slipped, lost his footing and fell.

   Byen falt etter en måneds beleiring.

   The city fell after being laid siege to for a month.

   Prisene på klær falt dramatisk i fjor.

   Prices on clothes fell dramatically last year.

2. to fall, die

   Faren min falt i krigen.

   My father died in the war.

   Mange mennesker falt i slaget.

   Many people fell in the battle.

3. to slope

   Det nye gulvet faller ganske mye.

   The new floor slopes quite a bit.

4. to look, fit [adjective/adverb] on

   Skaftet på denne kniven faller godt i hånden.

   The handle of this knife fits well in my hand.

   Kjolen faller fint.

   The dress looks nice.

5. (with adjectives) to seem, appear

   Det faller naturlig for henne.

   It comes natural for her.

   Det faller naturlig å gjøre det nå.

   It seems only natural to do it now.

Synonyms

• (to fall) dale, deise, dette, dratte, drysse, dumpe, gli, gå på hodet, gå over ende, plumpe, ramle, rape, rause, segne, seise, snuble, snåve, strømme ned, stupe, styrte, tryne, tumle, velte
• (to die, be slain) dø, omkomme, bukke (gå) under
• (to look, fit) føre seg, henge, ligge, ta seg ut, være
• (to decrease, fall) avta, ebbe ut, legge seg, minke, synke

Derived terms

• fall = a fall
• falleferdig = tumbledown, ramshackle
• fallen
• falle bort = lapse, cease to apply, be discontinued (literally: "fall away")
• falle for noe/noen = fall for something/someone
• falle fra hverandre = fall to pieces (literally: "fall from each other")
• falle heldig ut = be a success, turn out well (literally: "fall out luckily")
• falle noen inn = occur to someone (literally: "fall someone in", "fall in to someone")
• falle pladask for noen = fall head over heels in love with someone (literally: "fall smack for someone")
• falle sammen = collapse, break down, tumble down, fall down (literally: "fall together")
• falle sammen med = be identical with, coincide with (literally: "fall together with")
• falle seg slik = it so happens (literally: "fall like this")
• falle så lang en er = fall full length (literally: "fall as long as one is")
• falle til ro = settle, settle down (literally: "fall to order")
• falle i hendene på noen = fall into the hands of somebody
• falle i ens smak = be to one's liking (literally: "fall in one's taste")
• forfalle
• overfalle
• ta noe som det faller seg = take something as it comes (literally: "take something as it falls")

References

• “falle” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “falle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑlːə/

• Audio (Standard East Norwegian)

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Etymology 1

Adjective

falle

1. neuter singular of fallen

Etymology 2

From Old Norse falla, "to fall", from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Cognates include Faeroese and Swedish falla, Danish falde, English fall, German fallen.

Alternative forms

• falla

Verb

falle (present tense fell, past tense fall, supine falle, past participle fallen, present participle fallande, imperative fall)

1. to fall

   Han skleid, mista fotfestet og fall.

   He slipped, lost his footing and fell.

   Byen fall etter å ha vorte kringsett i ein månad.

   The city fell after being laid siege to for a month.

   Prisane på kler fall dramatisk i fjor.

   Prices on clothes fell dramatically last year.

2. to fall, die

   Faren min fall i krigen.

   My father died in the war.

   Mange menneske fall i slaget.

   Many people fell in the battle.

3. to slope

   Det nye golvet fell ganske mykje.

   The new floor slopes quite a bit.

4. to look, fit [adjective/adverb] on

   Skaftet på denne kniven fell godt i handa.

   The handle of this knife fits well in my hand.

   Kjolen fell fint.

   The dress looks nice.

5. (with adjectives) to seem, appear

   Det fell naturleg for henne.

   It comes natural for her.

   Det fell naturleg å gjere det no.

   It seems only natural to do it now.

Synonyms

• (to fall) dale, deise, dette, dratte, drysje, dumpe, gli/glide, gå på hovudet, gå over ende, plumpe, ramle, rape, rause, segne, snuble, snåve, strøyme ned, stupe, styrte/sturte, tumle, velte
• (to die, be slain) dø, omko(m)me, bukke (gå) under
• (to look, fit) føre seg, hange, liggje, ta/take seg ut, vere
• (to decrease, fall) ebbe ut, leggje seg, minke, søkke

Derived terms

• fall = a fall
• falleferdig = tumbledown, ramshackle
• fallen
• falle bort = lapse, cease to apply, be discontinued (literally: "fall away")
• falle for noko/nokon = fall for something/someone
• falle frå kvarandre = fall to pieces (literally: "fall from each other")
• falle heldig ut = be a success, turn out well (literally: "fall out luckily")
• falle nokon inn = occur to someone (literally: "fall someone in", "fall in to someone")
• falle pladask for nokon = fall head over heels in love with someone (literally: "fall smack for someone")
• falle saman = collapse, break down, tumble down, fall down (literally: "fall together")
• falle saman med = be identical with, coincide with (literally: "fall together with")
• falle seg slik = it so happens (literally: "fall like this")
• falle så lang ein er = fall full length (literally: "fall as long as one is")
• falle til ro = settle, settle down (literally: "fall to order")
• falle i hendene på nokon = fall into the hands of somebody
• falle i eins smak = be to one's liking (literally: "fall in one's taste")
• iaugefallande
• overfalle
• ta noko som det fell seg = take something as it comes (literally: "take something as it falls")

References

• “falle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall.

Verb

falle

1. to fall
2. to be contributed

Portuguese

Verb

falle

1. inflection of fallar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʝe/ [ˈfa.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈfaʝe/ [ˈfa.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈfaʎe/ [ˈfa.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈfaʃe/ [ˈfa.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈfaʒe/ [ˈfa.ʒe]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝe

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝe
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎe
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃe
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒe

• Syllabification: fa‧lle

Verb

falle

1. inflection of fallar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of fallir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɬɛ/

Adverb

falle

1. perhaps, maybe (colloquial form of efallai)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlə/, /ˈfɔːlə/

Verb

falle

1. to fall

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive	falle
3rd singular past	foel
past participle	fallen
infinitive	falle
long infinitive	fallen
gerund	fallen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	fal	foel
2nd singular	falst	foelst
3rd singular	falt	foel
plural	falle	foelen
imperative	fal
participles	fallend	fallen

Further reading

• “falle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011