Noun: fald
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | fald |
| Sg. definite | faldet |
| Pl. indefinite | fald |
| Pl. definite | faldene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | falds |
| Sg. definite | faldets |
| Pl. indefinite | falds |
| Pl. definite | faldenes |
Sample Sentences
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in fixed phrases: i alt fald (“in any case”), ifald (“in case, if”), i bedste fald (“at best”), i givet fald (“if so”), i hvert fald (“in any case”), i modsat fald (“otherwise”), i så fald (“in that case”), i værste fald (“at worst”).
Nouns inflected like fald
urinrør,
tilhørsforhold,
sexliv,
samråd,
samvær,
kredsløb,
krebsdyr,
skudår,
skridt,
skrald,
skalkeskjul,
drejekors,
selvmord,
vildsvin,
skadedyr,
afhængighedsfald,
rullebånd,
hensynsfald,
kraveben,
næsehorn, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz, cognate with English fall, German Fall. Derived from the verb *fallaną (“to fall”). The sense "case" is a calque of Latin cāsus. See: English Nouns '
fall', German Nouns '
Fall', Latin Nouns '
cāsus'.
Verbs referencing "fald"
English Nouns
fall.
Translations