fallen

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English

Etymology

Morphologically fall +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlən/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlən/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɔːlən, (cot–caught merger) -ɑlən

Verb

fallen

1. past participle of fall

Adjective

fallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen)

1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.

   fallen raindrops

2. Killed, especially in battle.

   a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers

   the disposal of fallen livestock

3. Having lost one's chastity.

   a fallen woman
4. Having collapsed.

   a fallen building

5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.

Usage notes

• Rarely, the superlative form fallenest is encountered.

Synonyms

• (having collapsed): collapsed

Antonyms

• (having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.): arisen

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.

Translations

Catalan

Verb

fallen

1. third-person plural present indicative of fallar

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaln̩/, /ˈfalən/
• Hyphenation: fal‧len

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop

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:

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

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (die in a war): im Feld bleiben

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “fallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “fallen” in Duden online
• “fallen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

Alternative forms

• vallen (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fellen

Etymology

From Old English feallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Weak forms are due to the conflation of this verb with fellen (“to fell”) in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalən/

Verb

fallen

1. to fall

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: fall
• Yola: vall, vale, vole

References

• “fallen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb falle.

Adjective

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

1. fallen

Derived terms

• småfallen

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

Derived terms

• småfallen

References

• “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

fallen

1. inflection of fallar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of fallir

Swedish

Participle

fallen

1. 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

Anagrams

• fallne