verfallen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɛʁˈfalən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧fal‧len

Etymology 1

ver- +‎ fallen

Verb

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  1. to expire
    Seine Mitgliedschaft ist verfallen. ― His membership has expired.
    Ihre Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen waren verfallen. ― Their residence permits had expired.
  2. to lapse
    Die Ansprüche der Organisation waren verfallen. ― The rights of the organisation had lapsed.
  3. to be forfeited
    Kommt der Mieter den Auflagen dieses Abschnittes nicht nach, verfällt die Kaution. ― If a tenant fails to comply with this section, the security deposit shall be forfeited.
  4. to decay
    Das Stadtzentrum ist in den letzten Jahren verfallen. ― The town centre has decayed in recent years.
  5. to decrease, to go down
    Es wird erwartet, dass der Goldpreis weiter verfällt. ― Gold prices are expected to go down further.
  6. (of a thought, idea, etc.) to be inclined to
    Ich bin dem Gedanken verfallen, dass ... ― I'm inclined to think, that ...
  7. to become addicted to
    Er verfiel dem Alkohol. ― He became addicted to alcohol.
  8. to fall into
    • 1929, Stefan Zweig, Buchmendel, in: Neue Freie Presse, Österreichische Journal-A.G., 23396/15 col. 1:
      Unbeschäftigt saß ich also da und begann schon jener trägen Passivität zu verfallen, die narkotisch jedem wirklichen Wiener Kaffeehaus unsichtbar entströmt.
      So I sat there idly and already began to fall into that inert passivity, which narcotically every real Vienna coffeehouse effuses invisibly.
  9. to resort to
    Als ihre Wasservorräte knapp wurden, verfielen sie auf das Sammeln von Regenwasser. ― When their water supplies ran low, they resorted to collecting rainwater.
Conjugation

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Derived terms

Participle

verfallen

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adjective

verfallen (strong nominative masculine singular verfallener, comparative verfallener, superlative am verfallensten)

  1. (not comparable) expired
  2. (not comparable) lapsed
  3. (comparable) decayed
    Synonym: heruntergekommen
Declension

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Further reading
  • “verfallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “verfallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “verfallen” in Duden online
  • “verfallen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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