# falle
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alə

### Verb

falle
* first-person singular present of fallen
    Hilfe, ich falle.Help I'm falling.
* inflection of fallen:
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal.le/
* Rhymes: -alle
* Hyphenation: fàl‧le

### Noun

falle f
* plural of falla

## Latin
### Verb

falle
* second-person singular present active imperative of fallō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Standard East Norwegian):(file)

### Etymology 1

Derived from the verb falle, also influenced by German.

#### Noun

falle m (definite singular fallen, indefinite plural faller, definite plural fallene)
* a slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves when pressing the handle.

### Etymology 2

From Danish falde (pre-1907 spelling in Riksmål), from Old Norse falla (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Cognates include Faeroese and Swedish falla, Danish falde, English fall, German fallen.

#### Verb

falle (present tense faller, past tense falt, past participle falt, present participle fallende, imperative fall)
* to fall
    Han skled, mistet fotfestet og falt.He slipped, lost his footing and fell.
    Byen falt etter en måneds beleiring.The city fell after being laid siege to for a month.
    Prisene på klær falt dramatisk i fjor.Prices on clothes fell dramatically last year.
* to fall, die
    Faren min falt i krigen.My father died in the war.
    Mange mennesker falt i slaget.Many people fell in the battle.
* to slope
    Det nye gulvet faller ganske mye.The new floor slopes quite a bit.
* to look, fit [adjective/adverb] on
    Skaftet på denne kniven faller godt i hånden.The handle of this knife fits well in my hand.
    Kjolen faller fint.The dress looks nice.
* (with adjectives) to seem, appear
    Det faller naturlig for henne.It comes natural for her.
    Det faller naturlig å gjøre det nå.It seems only natural to do it now.

##### Synonyms

* (to fall) dale, deise, dette, dratte, drysse, dumpe, gli, gå på hodet, gå over ende, plumpe, ramle, rape, rause, segne, seise, snuble, snåve, strømme ned, stupe, styrte, tryne, tumle, velte
* (to die, be slain) dø, omkomme, bukke (gå) under
* (to look, fit) føre seg, henge, ligge, ta seg ut, være
* (to decrease, fall) avta, ebbe ut, legge seg, minke, synke

##### Derived terms

* fall = a fall
* falleferdig = tumbledown, ramshackle
* fallen
* falle bort = lapse, cease to apply, be discontinued (literally: "fall away")
* falle for noe/noen = fall for something/someone
* falle fra hverandre = fall to pieces (literally: "fall from each other")
* falle heldig ut = be a success, turn out well (literally: "fall out luckily")
* falle noen inn = occur to someone (literally: "fall someone in", "fall in to someone")
* falle pladask for noen = fall head over heels in love with someone (literally: "fall smack for someone")
* falle sammen = collapse, break down, tumble down, fall down (literally: "fall together")
* falle sammen med = be identical with, coincide with (literally: "fall together with")
* falle seg slik = it so happens (literally: "fall like this")
* falle så lang en er = fall full length (literally: "fall as long as one is")
* falle til ro = settle, settle down (literally: "fall to order")
* falle i hendene på noen = fall into the hands of somebody
* falle i ens smak = be to one's liking (literally: "fall in one's taste")
* forfalle
* overfalle
* ta noe som det faller seg = take something as it comes (literally: "take something as it falls")

### References

* “falle” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “falle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²fɑlːə/
* Audio (Standard East Norwegian):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

falle
* neuter singular of fallen

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse falla, "to fall", from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Cognates include Faeroese and Swedish falla, Danish falde, English fall, German fallen.

#### Alternative forms

* falla

#### Verb

falle (present tense fell, past tense fall, supine falle, past participle fallen, present participle fallande, imperative fall)
* to fall
    Han skleid, mista fotfestet og fall.
       He slipped, lost his footing and fell.
    Byen fall etter å ha vorte kringsett i ein månad.
       The city fell after being laid siege to for a month.
    Prisane på kler fall dramatisk i fjor.
       Prices on clothes fell dramatically last year.
* to fall, die
    Faren min fall i krigen.
       My father died in the war.
    Mange menneske fall i slaget.
       Many people fell in the battle.
* to slope
    Det nye golvet fell ganske mykje.The new floor slopes quite a bit.
* to look, fit [adjective/adverb] on
    Skaftet på denne kniven fell godt i handa.
       The handle of this knife fits well in my hand.
    Kjolen fell fint.
       The dress looks nice.
* (with adjectives) to seem, appear
    Det fell naturleg for henne.
       It comes natural for her.
    Det fell naturleg å gjere det no.
       It seems only natural to do it now.

##### Synonyms

* (to fall) dale, deise, dette, dratte, drysje, dumpe, gli/glide, gå på hovudet, gå over ende, plumpe, ramle, rape, rause, segne, snuble, snåve, strøyme ned, stupe, styrte/sturte, tumle, velte
* (to die, be slain) dø, omko(m)me, bukke (gå) under
* (to look, fit) føre seg, hange, liggje, ta/take seg ut, vere
* (to decrease, fall) ebbe ut, leggje seg, minke, søkke

##### Derived terms

* fall = a fall
* falleferdig = tumbledown, ramshackle
* fallen
* falle bort = lapse, cease to apply, be discontinued (literally: "fall away")
* falle for noko/nokon = fall for something/someone
* falle frå kvarandre = fall to pieces (literally: "fall from each other")
* falle heldig ut = be a success, turn out well (literally: "fall out luckily")
* falle nokon inn = occur to someone (literally: "fall someone in", "fall in to someone")
* falle pladask for nokon = fall head over heels in love with someone (literally: "fall smack for someone")
* falle saman = collapse, break down, tumble down, fall down (literally: "fall together")
* falle saman med = be identical with, coincide with (literally: "fall together with")
* falle seg slik = it so happens (literally: "fall like this")
* falle så lang ein er = fall full length (literally: "fall as long as one is")
* falle til ro = settle, settle down (literally: "fall to order")
* falle i hendene på nokon = fall into the hands of somebody
* falle i eins smak = be to one's liking (literally: "fall in one's taste")
* iaugefallande
* overfalle
* ta noko som det fell seg = take something as it comes (literally: "take something as it falls")

### References

* “falle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall.

### Verb

falle
* to fall
* to be contributed

## Portuguese
### Verb

falle
* inflection of fallar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaʝe/ [ˈfa.ʝe]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈfaʝe/ [ˈfa.ʝe]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈfaʎe/ [ˈfa.ʎe]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈfaʃe/ [ˈfa.ʃe]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈfaʒe/ [ˈfa.ʒe]
* Rhymes: -aʝe
* Rhymes: -aʝe
* Rhymes: -aʎe
* Rhymes: -aʃe
* Rhymes: -aʒe
* Syllabification: fa‧lle

### Verb

falle
* inflection of fallar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* inflection of fallir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvaɬɛ/

### Adverb

falle
* perhaps, maybe (colloquial form of efallai)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔlə/, /ˈfɔːlə/

### Verb

falle
* to fall

#### Further reading

* “falle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011