hemfalla
Swedish
Etymology
Calque of German heimfallen. See also anheimfallen.
Verb
hemfalla (present hemfaller, preterite hemföll, supine hemfallit, imperative hemfall)
- (with åt or till) to give oneself over (to something negative); to lapse (into), to succumb (to), to indulge (in), etc.
- hemfalla åt slött tv-tittande
- succumb to [give oneself over to] lazy TV watching
- vara hemfallen åt dryckenskap
- be given over to drunkenness
- hemfalla åt populism
- lapse into populism
- hemfalla åt önsketänkande
- indulge in wishful thinking
- hemfalla åt hårklyverier
- indulge in hair-splitting
- (dated) to revert (in ownership)
- Egendomen hemföll till kronan
- The property reverted to the crown
- (especially law, with till, usually in the past participle, dated) to be subject (to penalty or the like)
- vara hemfallen till straff
- be subject to penalty
- hemfalla till straff
- be subject to penalty
- vara hemfallen till ansvar
- be liable
- (literally, “be subject to liability”)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hemfalla | — | ||
| supine | hemfallit | — | ||
| imperative | hemfall | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | hemfallen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | hemfaller | hemföll | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | hemfalla | hemföllo | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | hemfalle | hemfölle | — | — |
| present participle | hemfallande | |||
| past participle | hemfallen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.