Noun: Abfall
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Abfall |
| Plural | Abfälle |
Definite
| Singular | der Abfall |
| Plural | die Abfälle |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Abfalles; Abfalls |
| Plural | Abfälle |
Definite
| Singular | des Abfalles; Abfalls |
| Plural | der Abfälle |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Abfall; Abfalle |
| Plural | Abfällen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Abfall; Abfalle |
| Plural | den Abfällen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Abfall |
| Plural | Abfälle |
Definite
| Singular | den Abfall |
| Plural | die Abfälle |
Sample Sentences
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radioaktiver Abfall (radioactive waste)
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Abfall vom Glauben (apostasy from the creed)
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کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy. (shutter. A trap and wooden door or window which is raised in workshops or shops to ward against rain and to create shade. shutter/store shutter, trap on a house, shop balcony, trap/roof on a shop) [1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865:]
Nouns inflected like Abfall
Hustenanfall,
Volleyball,
Zwischenfall,
Zugunfall,
Basketball,
Arbeitsunfall,
Raubüberfall,
Tanzball,
Anfall,
Abfall,
Störfall,
Beugfall,
Todesfall,
Betriebsunfall,
Maskenball,
Idealfall,
Golfball,
Kniefall,
Wessenfall,
Zahlungsausfall, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Cognate with German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal, Swedish avfall.
2. Compare typologically Bulgarian отпадък (otpadăk), Czech otpad, Serbo-Croatian отпад (< Proto-Slavic *otъpadъ < *otъ + *padati). Also compare French déchet (<< Latin dēcidō < dē- + cadō). See: Dutch Nouns '
afval', English Nouns '
offal', Swedish Nouns '
avfall'.
Verbs referencing "Abfall"
English Nouns
offal, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
avfall, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
avfall, Swedish Nouns
avfall, Danish Nouns
affald.
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