German

Noun

Fallen

1. plural of Falle

English

Verb

fallen

1. past participle of fall

Adjective

fallen ‎(not comparable)

1. having dropped by the force of gravity

   fallen raindrops

2. (literary) killed in battle

   to honor fallen soldiers

3. having lost one's chastity

   a fallen woman

4. having collapsed

   a fallen building

Synonyms

• (having collapsed): collapsed

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fallen ‎(plural fallen)

1. (plural only) The dead
2. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
   • 1873, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5:

     In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.

Translations

German

Etymology

From Old High German fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Swedish falla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaln̩/, /ˈfalən/

Verb

fallen ‎(class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, past subjunctive fiele, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop

   Der Regen fiel wie aus Eimern.‎

   It rained cats and dogs. (literally: 'The rain fell as if out of buckets.')

   Sie fiel zu Boden.‎

   She fell to the floor.

2. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

     Bei einem Patrouillenritt, zu dem er sich freiwillig gemeldet, war der älteste der Enkel gefallen. Ruhte nun fern in Feindesland.

     On a patrolling ride, for which he had volunteered, the oldest of the grandchildren had died. Rested now far away in enemy country.

3. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.

   Das Römische Reich fiel auf Grund der Völkerwanderung.‎

   The Roman Empire was overthrown by the consequences of the Migration period.

4. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline

   Zur Zeit der Finanzkrise fielen viele Aktienkurse um zahlreiche Prozentpunkte.‎

   During the banking scandal many stock prices decreased by a large percentage.

5. (reflexive) (with zurück) To be allotted to; to be able to change one's fate.

   Und somit fiel die Entscheidung was zu tun ist auf mich zurück.‎

   And thus the decision of what is to be done fell once more to me.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalːn̩/, /ˈfalːən/

Verb

fallen (past singular full, past participle fullen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (ergative) to fall, tumble

   de Avend fallt: the evening falls

   in Slaap fallen: to fall asleep

2. to happen

   dat is op düssen Dag fullen: that happened on that day

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen ‎(neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

References

• “fallen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen ‎(neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

References

• “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

fallen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of fallar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of fallar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of fallar.

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of falla.

Adjective

fallen

1. fallen

   en fallen ängel

   a fallen angel

   fallna äpplen

   fallen apples

Declension

Noun

fallen

1. definite plural of fall