gefallen

See also: Gefallen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈfaln̩/, /ɡəˈfalən/ (Germany)
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  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈfalɛn/, /ɡeˈfaln̩/, [ɡ̊e-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧fal‧len

Etymology 1

From Middle High German gevallen, from Old High German gifallan.[1] Equivalent to ge- (expressing the terminative aspect) +‎ fallen.

Verb

gefallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present gefällt, past tense gefiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to please; to appeal to [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated by English like with the dative object as the subject)
    Antonym: missfallen
    Diese Hose gefällt mir.I like these trousers.
    Dir wird es hier gefallen.You'll like it here.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Participle

gefallen

  1. past participle of fallen

Adjective

gefallen (strong nominative masculine singular gefallener, not comparable)

  1. fallen, dropped
Declension

Etymology 3

Participle

gefallen

  1. past participle of gefallen
Declension

References

  1. ^ gefallen” in Duden online

Further reading

West Frisian

Noun

gefallen

  1. plural of gefal