anfallen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German anevallen, from Old High German anafallan, from Proto-West Germanic *anafallan. Equivalent to an- +‎ fallen. Cognate with Dutch aanvallen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanˌfalən/ === Verb === anfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt an, past tense fiel an, past participle angefallen, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive, auxiliary haben) to set upon, to attack suddenly (especially of animals or persons compared to animals) Synonym: (plötzlich) angreifen (figurative) to assail, overwhelm Synonym: bestürmen (figurative, formal) to befall, grip, overwhelm suddenly (of moods, feelings) Synonyms: befallen, überkommen (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to arise, be incurred, to accumulate Synonym: entstehen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Anfall Anfallen Anfaller anfällig === References === Michael Robert; Karin Doerr (2002), Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 65 === Further reading === “anfallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “anfallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “anfallen” in Duden online “anfallen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Swedish == === Noun === anfallen definite plural of anfall === Participle === anfallen past participle of anfalla