vallen

vallen

1. definite singular of valle

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑlən

From Middle Dutch vallen, from Old Dutch fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

vallen

1. (intransitive) to fall, to tumble

   De appel viel van de boom. ― The apple fell from the tree.

   Ze viel toen ze aan het rennen was. ― She tumbled while she was running.

2. (intransitive) to fall, to begin (said of certain types of time period)

   De avond valt. ― Evening begins.

   De nacht valt. ― The night falls.

   De winter viel vroeg dit jaar. ― The winter began early this year.

3. (intransitive) to fall, to occur on a certain date

   Sinterklaas valt op een vrijdag dit jaar. ― Sinterklaas falls on a friday this year.

4. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to be

   Dat valt niet te verbeteren. ― That cannot be improved.

5. (intransitive) to be received a certain way, go down

   De verandering viel hem niet goed. ― The change didn't go down well with him.

• The sense "to fall, to begin" is only said of specific types of time period. For example, one can say de avond valt ("evening falls"), but not *de ochtend valt ("morning falls").

• Afrikaans: val
• Berbice Creole Dutch: falu
• Negerhollands: val
• Skepi Creole Dutch: fall

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vallen

1. plural of val

From Old Dutch fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan.

vallen

1. to fall
2. to drop
3. to let oneself fall, to throw oneself
4. to collapse
5. to fall, to occur, to happen
6. to fall, to be located, to be part

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vallen
• Limburgish: valle

• “vallen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vallen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Inherited from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvalːən/, /ˈfalːən/

vallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present vallet or vellet, past tense viel, past participle gevallen, auxiliary sīn)

1. to fall

   ...viel ër ir ze vuoȥe...

   ...he fell to her feet...

• Bavarian: foin

  Cimbrian: vallan, ballan (Mezzaselva)

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: falle

  Luxembourgish: falen

• German: fallen
• Yiddish: פֿאַלן (faln)

vallen

1. inflection of vallar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

vallen

1. definite singular of vall