Fallsucht

German

Etymology

From fallen (“to fall”) +‎ Sucht (here in the old sense “illness, disease”), thus the same as English falling sickness. Compare also Arabic صَرْع (ṣarʕ), equally derived from a word for “to fall”. From the fits which cast the patients to the ground.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfalˌzʊχt/
  • Hyphenation: Fall‧sucht
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Noun

Fallsucht f (genitive Fallsucht, no plural)

  1. (archaic) epilepsy
    Synonyms: Epilepsie, (obsolete) Schwerenot

Declension
Declension of Fallsucht [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Fallsucht
genitive einer der Fallsucht
dative einer der Fallsucht
accusative eine die Fallsucht

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Fallsucht” in Duden online
  • “Fallsucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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