befallen

See also: Befällen

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔlən/
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Verb

befallen

  1. past participle of befall

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bevallen, from Old High German bifallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ fallen. Cognate with Dutch bevallen, English befall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈfaln̩/, /bəˈfalən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧fal‧len
  • Rhymes: -aln̩

Verb

befallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present befällt, past tense befiel, past participle befallen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of a disease) to affect
  2. (of fear, desire, etc.) to seize
  3. to infest

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • befallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befallen” in Duden online
  • befallen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Participle

befallen

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of befalla
    Synonym: befalld (standard)

Declension

Inflection of befallen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular befallen
neuter singular befallet
plural befallna
masculine plural2 befallne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 befallne
all befallna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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