falls

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːlz/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /faːlz/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔlz/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɑlz/ Rhymes: -ɔːlz === Noun === falls (plural falls) A waterfall. Niagara Falls ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === falls plural of fall === Verb === falls third-person singular simple present indicative of fall == German == === Etymology === Presumably from the genitive of Fall. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/ === Conjunction === falls (conditional, somewhat formal) if, in the event that (chiefly colloquial) in case, in order to be prepared if ==== Usage notes ==== Falls is synonymous to the more common wenn (“if”), but has the advantage of being unambiguously conditional, while wenn can also be used temporally (meaning "when, whenever"). Colloquially, falls is used somewhat differently than in standard German proper. It does occur in sense 1, but infrequently. In return, it is often heard in sense 2 where formal usage would require für den Fall, dass. ==== Synonyms ==== (sense 1) wenn (sense 2) für den Fall, dass ==== Related terms ==== Fall === Further reading === “falls” in Duden online “falls” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Icelandic == === Noun === falls n indefinite genitive singular of fall == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From German falls (17th c.). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/, [fɑl(t)s] Rhymes: -ɑls === Conjunction === falls if (in the case that) === Further reading === falls in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire == Swedish == === Etymology === Homophone: fals === Noun === falls indefinite genitive singular of fall indefinite genitive plural of fall === See also === fals