# vallen
## Danish
### Noun

vallen
* definite singular of valle

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɑlə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑlən

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

vallen
* (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.
* (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.
* (intransitive) to fall, to occur on a certain date
    Sinterklaas valt op een vrijdag dit jaar. ― Sinterklaas falls on a friday this year.
* (auxiliary, with te) to be able to be
    Dat valt niet te verbeteren. ― That cannot be improved.
* (intransitive) to be received a certain way, go down
    De verandering viel hem niet goed. ― The change didn't go down well with him.

##### Usage notes

* 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").

##### Derived terms

* val
* valavond
* valbeweging
* valhelm
* valoefening
* valreep
* valscherm
* valsnelheid
* valwind
* aaneenvallen
* aanvallen
* achterovervallen
* achteruitvallen
* afvallen
* bevallen
* bijeenvallen
* bijvallen
* binnenvallen
* bovenvallen
* buiten de boot vallen
* buitenvallen
* dichtvallen
* doodvallen
* doorvallen
* droogvallen
* flauwvallen
* gevallen
* hardvallen
* heenvallen
* in slaap vallen
* ineenvallen
* invallen
* kapotvallen
* lastigvallen
* losvallen
* medevallen
* meevallen
* met zijn neus in de boter vallen
* misvallen
* nedervallen
* neervallen
* niet op zijn achterhoofd gevallen zijn
* omhoogvallen
* omlaagvallen
* omvallen
* omvervallen
* ondervallen
* ontvallen
* opeenvallen
* openvallen
* opvallen
* opzijvallen
* overvallen
* platvallen
* samenvallen
* stilvallen
* stukvallen
* tegenvallen
* terneervallen
* terugvallen
* toevallen
* tusseninvallen
* tussenvallen
* uit de lucht vallen
* uiteenvallen
* uitvallen
* vallen onder
* vallen op
* vervallen
* volvallen
* voorovervallen
* voorvallen
* vrijvallen
* wegvallen

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

vallen
* plural of val

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Verb

vallen
* to fall
* to drop
* to let oneself fall, to throw oneself
* to collapse
* to fall, to occur, to happen
* to fall, to be located, to be part

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: vallen
* Limburgish: valle

### Further reading

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

## Middle High German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈvallən/, /ˈfallən/

### Verb

vallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present vallet or vellet, past tense viel, past participle gevallen, auxiliary sīn)
* to fall
    ...viel ër ir ze vuoȥe......he fell to her feet...

#### Related terms

* val

#### Descendants

* Bavarian: foin
    Cimbrian: vallan, ballan (Mezzaselva)
* Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: falle
    Luxembourgish: falen
* German: fallen
* Yiddish: פֿאַלן (faln)

## Spanish
### Verb

vallen
* inflection of vallar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

vallen
* definite singular of vall