Fall – German noun declension

German noun forms of Fall

Noun: Fall
Gender: Masculine, Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Fall
Plural Fälle; Fallen

Definite

Singularder; das Fall
Pluraldie Fälle; Fallen

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Falles; Falls
Plural Fälle; Fallen

Definite

Singulardes Falles; Falls
Pluralder Fälle; Fallen

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Fall; Falle
Plural Fällen; Fallen

Definite

Singulardem Fall; Falle
Pluralden Fällen; Fallen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen; ein Fall
Plural Fälle; Fallen

Definite

Singularden; das Fall
Pluraldie Fälle; Fallen

Sample Sentences

  • freier Fall (free fall)
  • der Fall von Konstantinopel (the fall of Constantinople)
  • Im Falle eines Falles. (in case of an emergency.)

Nouns inflected like Fall

Fall,

Etymology

1. From Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall.
2. Cognate with Dutch val, English fall. The sense “case” in all its shapes is a calque of Latin casus. See: Dutch Nouns 'val', English Nouns 'fall', Latin Nouns 'casus'.

Verbs referencing "Fall"

English Nouns fall, Danish Nouns fald.

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