fall – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fall

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fall in
Participle: fallen in
Gerund: falling in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ifall in
youfall in
he;she;itfalls in
wefall in
youfall in
theyfall in

Perfect

Ihave fallen in
youhave fallen in
he;she;ithas fallen in
wehave fallen in
youhave fallen in
theyhave fallen in

Past

Ifell in
youfell in
he;she;itfell in
wefell in
youfell in
theyfell in

Pluperfect

Ihad fallen in
youhad fallen in
he;she;ithad fallen in
wehad fallen in
youhad fallen in
theyhad fallen in

Future

Iwill fall in
youwill fall in
he;she;itwill fall in
wewill fall in
youwill fall in
theywill fall in

Future Perfect

Iwill have fallen in
youwill have fallen in
he;she;itwill have fallen in
wewill have fallen in
youwill have fallen in
theywill have fallen in

Subjunctive

Present

Ifall in
youfall in
he;she;itfall in
wefall in
youfall in
theyfall in

Perfect

Ihave fallen in
youhave fallen in
he;she;ithave fallen in
wehave fallen in
youhave fallen in
theyhave fallen in

Imperfect

Ifell in
youfell in
he;she;itfell in
wefell in
youfell in
theyfell in

Pluperfect

Ihad fallen in
youhad fallen in
he;she;ithad fallen in
wehad fallen in
youhad fallen in
theyhad fallen in

Conditional

Present

Iwould fall in
youwould fall in
he;she;itwould fall in
wewould fall in
youwould fall in
theywould fall in

Perfect

Iwould have fallen in
youwould have fallen in
he;she;itwould have fallen in
wewould have fallen in
youwould have fallen in
theywould have fallen in

Imperative

youfall in
weLet's fall in
youfall in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam falling in
youare falling in
he;she;itis falling in
weare falling in
youare falling in
theyare falling in

Perfect

Ihave been falling in
youhave been falling in
he;she;ithas been falling in
wehave been falling in
youhave been falling in
theyhave been falling in

Past

Iwas falling in
youwere falling in
he;she;itwas falling in
wewere falling in
youwere falling in
theywere falling in

Pluperfect

Ihad been falling in
youhad been falling in
he;she;ithad been falling in
wehad been falling in
youhad been falling in
theyhad been falling in

Future

Iwill be falling in
youwill be falling in
he;she;itwill be falling in
wewill be falling in
youwill be falling in
theywill be falling in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been falling in
youwill have been falling in
he;she;itwill have been falling in
wewill have been falling in
youwill have been falling in
theywill have been falling in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be falling in
youwould be falling in
he;she;itwould be falling in
wewould be falling in
youwould be falling in
theywould be falling in

Perfect

Iwould have been falling in
youwould have been falling in
he;she;itwould have been falling in
wewould have been falling in
youwould have been falling in
theywould have been falling in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fall'

befall, fall,

Verbs similar to 'fall'

ball, call, fael, fail, farl, fell, fill, full, gall, lall,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

come to the ground deliberately
prostrate
be allotted to
responsibility, up to
to become smaller
decrease, diminish, drop, go down, lessen, reduce, shrink, sink
descend
drop, lower
stumble
drop, totter, keel, trip, pitch, plunge, slump
succumb
yield, submit, surrender
decline
abate, dwindle, decrease, diminish
regress
relapse, recede, ebb, subside
occur
happen, befall, arrive

Antonyms

come down
rise
of a quantity, etc: to increase
decrease, drop, go down, reduce, rise
to be successful
decline, fail, fall on hard times, go downhill, go pear-shaped, go to pot, go to shit, go to the dogs, prosper
decline
rise, increase, improve

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, pp. feallen), from P.Gmc. *fallanan (cf. O.N. falla, O.H.G. fallan), from PIE base *phol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lith. puola "to fall," O.Prus. aupallai "finds," lit. "falls upon"). Noun sense of "autumn" (now only in U.S.) is 1664, short for fall of the leaf (1545). That of "cascade, waterfall" is from 1579. Most of the figurative senses had developed in M.E. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1658. To fall in love is attested from 1530; to fall asleep is 1393. Fall guy is from 1906. Fallout "radioactive particles" is from 1950. Fallen "morally ruined" is from 1628.
2. Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to collapse, fall; to destroy”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots faw (“to fall”), Yola vale, vall, vole (“to fall”), North Frisian faal, fåle (“to fall”), Saterland Frisian faale (“to fall”), West Frisian falle (“to fall”), Bavarian foin (“to fall”), Cimbrian ballan, vallan (“to fall”), Dutch vallen (“to fall”), German and Low German fallen (“to fall”), Luxembourgish falen (“to fall”), Yiddish פֿאַלן (faln, “to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish falla (“to fall”), Norwegian Bokmål falle (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk falla, falle (“to fall”); also Latin aboleō (“to destroy; to die”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to destroy; to lose”), Armenian եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime; calamity, catastrophe; slaughter”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to fall; to attack, assault”).
5. Noun from Middle English fal, fall, falle, from Old English feall, ġefeall (“a falling, fall”) and Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Yola vall (“fall”), Dutch val (“fall”), German Fall (“fall”), Danish fald (“fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fall (“fall”).
6. Sense of "autumn" is attested by the 1660s in England as a shortening of fall of the leaf (1540s), from the falling of leaves during this season. Along with autumn, it mostly replaced the older name harvest as that name began to be associated strictly with the act of harvesting. Compare spring, which began as a shortening of “spring of the leaf”. See: Middle English 'fallen', Old English 'feallan', Proto-Germanic '*fallaną', Scots 'faw', Frisian, Saterlandic 'faale', Cimbrian 'ballan', Dutch 'vallen', Luxembourgish 'falen', Danish 'falde', Norwegian 'falle', Norwegian, nynorsk 'falla', Latin 'aboleō'.

Verbs referencing "fall"

German, old spelling fallen, Ido falar, Norwegian falle, Norwegian, nynorsk falle, German, Pennsylvania falle, Esperanto fali, Luxembourgish falen, Cimbrian vallan, Danish falde, Lithuanian pulti, Frisian, Saterlandic faale, Krio fɔl.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] another topic of consolation in the circumstance of this ladies ’ cabin adjoining our state-room, and the consequently immense feasibility of sitting there at all times and seasons, and had fallen into a momentary silence, leaning our faces on our hands and looking at the fire, one of our party said, with the solemn air of a man who had made a discovery, ‘What a relish mulled claret will have [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to which the lazy gentleman, looking first in his questioner 's eye and then very hard in the wind 's, answers unexpectedly and ominously, that She need be. Upon this the lazy gentleman instantly falls very low in the popular estimation, and the passengers, with looks of defiance, whisper to each other that he is an ass, and an impostor, and clearly do n't know anything at all about it. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Of the outrageous antics performed by that ship next morning; which made bed a practical joke, and getting up, by any process short of falling out, an impossibility; I say nothing. But anything like the utter dreariness and desolation that met my eyes when I literally ‘ tumbled up ’ on deck at noon, I never saw. Ocean and sky were all of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the stewardess comes down with a steaming dish of baked potatoes, and another of roasted apples; and plates of pig 's face, cold ham, salt beef; or perhaps a smoking mess of rare hot collops. We fall to upon these dainties; eat as much as we can (we have great appetites now ); and are as long as possible about it. If the fire will burn (it will sometimes ) we are pretty cheerful. If it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] water, and all the cabins are leaky. The ship 's cook, secretly swigging damaged whiskey, has been found drunk; and has been played upon by the fire-engine until quite sober. All the stewards have fallen down-stairs at various dinner-times, and go about with plasters in various places. The baker is ill, and so is the pastry-cook. A new man, horribly indisposed, has been required to fill the place [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and offensive to foreigners. The servile rapacity of the French officials is sufficiently contemptible; but there is a surly boorish incivility about our men, alike disgusting to all persons who fall into their hands, and discreditable to the nation that keeps such ill-conditioned curs snarling about its gates. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] whose precepts you misconstrue, whose lessons you pervert, of whose charity and sympathy with all the world, not one among you in his daily practice knows as much as many of the worst among those fallen sinners, to whom you are liberal in nothing but the preachment of perdition ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and man; are surrounded by all reasonable means of comfort and happiness that their condition will admit of; are appealed to, as members of the great human family, however afflicted, indigent, or fallen; are ruled by the strong Heart, and not by the strong (though immeasurably weaker ) Hand. I have described them at some length; firstly, because their worth demanded it; and secondly, because I [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Never did fall of any prime minister at court occasion wider surges of sensation than the report of Tom's fate among his compeers on the place. It was the topic in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] by no means extensive. When there is not, the character of the scenery is always the same. Mile after mile of stunted trees: some hewn down by the axe, some blown down by the wind, some half fallen and resting on their neighbours, many mere logs half hidden in the swamp, others mouldered away to spongy chips. The very soil of the earth is made up of minute fragments such as these; each pool [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • If he's doing it his way and he ends up falling backwards, ("Below Deck Sailing Yacht" Past the Boiling Point)
  • I have to repay my fallen comrades. I'll perform my role as a Warrior. (Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack)
  • ♪ When they fell off the boat Yeah I 'm talking ' bout Belize ♪ (72 Hours)
  • And when night falls, they go to sleep in each other's arms. (Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer)
  • How many victims fall prey to road accidents in India ? What is the reason ? (Magudam)