fallen

== English == === Etymology === Morphologically fall +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlən/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈfaːlən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔlən/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɑlən/ Rhymes: -ɔːlən, -ɑlən === Verb === fallen past participle of fall === Adjective === fallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen or (uncommon) fallenest) Having dropped by the force of gravity. fallen raindrops Killed, especially in battle. a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers the disposal of fallen livestock Having lost one's chastity. a fallen woman Having collapsed. a fallen building Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== (having collapsed): collapsed ==== Antonyms ==== (having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.): arisen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === fallen (plural fallen) (plural only) The dead. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace. ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Verb === fallen 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): /ˈfalən/, /ˈfal̩n/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈfalɛn/, /ˈfal̩n/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: fal‧len === Verb === fallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to fall; to drop (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: (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown. (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) (ergative) to fall, tumble de Avend fallt ― the evening falls in Slaap fallen ― to fall asleep to happen dat is op düssen Dag fullen ― that happened on that day ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== fellen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfalən/ ==== Verb ==== fallen (third-person singular simple present falleth, present participle fallynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fel, past participle fallen) to fall ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: fall Yola: vall, vale, vole ===== References ===== “fallen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fallen (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fellen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From the verb falle. === Adjective === fallen (neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne) 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) fallen ==== Derived terms ==== småfallen === References === “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Verb === fallen inflection of fallar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative third-person plural present indicative of fallir == Swedish == === Participle === fallen past participle of falla === Adjective === fallen fallen en fallen ängel ― a fallen angel fallna äpplen ― fallen apples ==== Declension ==== === Noun === fallen definite plural of fall === Anagrams === fallne