verfallen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛʁˈfalən] Hyphenation: ver‧fal‧len === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German vervallen, from Old High German firfallan, from Proto-West Germanic *frafallan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ fallen. ==== Verb ==== verfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present verfällt, past tense verfiel, past participle verfallen, auxiliary sein) to expire Seine Mitgliedschaft ist verfallen. ― His membership has expired. Ihre Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen waren verfallen. ― Their residence permits had expired. to lapse Die Ansprüche der Organisation waren verfallen. ― The rights of the organisation had lapsed. to be forfeited Kommt der Mieter den Auflagen dieses Abschnittes nicht nach, verfällt die Kaution. ― If a tenant fails to comply with this section, the security deposit shall be forfeited. to decay Das Stadtzentrum ist in den letzten Jahren verfallen. ― The town centre has decayed in recent years. to decrease, to go down Es wird erwartet, dass der Goldpreis weiter verfällt. ― Gold prices are expected to go down further. (of a thought, idea, etc.) to be inclined to Ich bin dem Gedanken verfallen, dass ... ― I'm inclined to think, that ... to become addicted to Er verfiel dem Alkohol. ― He became addicted to alcohol. to fall into 1929, Stefan Zweig, Buchmendel, in: Neue Freie Presse, Österreichische Journal-A.G., 23396/15 col. 1: to resort to Als ihre Wasservorräte knapp wurden, verfielen sie auf das Sammeln von Regenwasser. ― When their water supplies ran low, they resorted to collecting rainwater. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Verfall ===== Related terms ===== Verfallen verfallend zusammenfallen, zerfallen === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== verfallen past participle of verfallen ==== Adjective ==== verfallen (strong nominative masculine singular verfallener, comparative verfallener, superlative am verfallensten) (not comparable) expired (not comparable) lapsed (comparable) decayed Synonym: heruntergekommen ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “verfallen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verfallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verfallen” in Duden online “verfallen” in OpenThesaurus.de