einfallen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German invallen, from Old High German infallan, from Proto-West Germanic *infallan. Equivalent to ein- +‎ fallen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯nˌfalən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯nˌfaln̩] Hyphenation: ein‧fal‧len === Verb === einfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt ein, past tense fiel ein, past participle eingefallen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English think of with the dative object as the subject) Synonym: in den Sinn kommen (impersonal) for there to be a memory [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English remember with the dative object as the subject) (intransitive) to invade [with in (+ accusative) ‘somewhere’] (intransitive) to collapse, to fall in Synonym: einstürzen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Einfall ==== Related terms ==== Einfallen einfallend, eingefallen ausfallen === Further reading === “einfallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “einfallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “einfallen” in Duden online “einfallen” in OpenThesaurus.de