faulen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaʊ̯lən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German fūlen, vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to become foul; rot; decay”). ==== Verb ==== faulen (weak, third-person singular present fault, past tense faulte, past participle gefault, auxiliary sein) to rot (become decomposed by microorganisms) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== faulen inflection of faul: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural === Further reading === “faulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “faulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “faulen” in Duden online “faulen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfau̯len/, [ˈfɑʊ̯lən] === Verb === faulen (third-person singular present fault, past participle gefault, auxiliary verb sinn) (intransitive) to rot, to decay ==== Conjugation ==== == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. === Verb === faulen (aux sennen, present tense felt, past tense foll, past participle jefollen). (intransitive) to fall ==== Derived terms ====