befallen

See also: Befällen

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔlən/
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Verb

befallen

  1. past participle of befall

German

Etymology

From be- + fallen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈfaln̩/, /bəˈfalən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧fal‧len
  • Rhymes: -aln̩

Verb

befallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present befällt, past tense befiel, past participle befallen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of a disease) to affect
  2. (of fear, desire, etc.) to seize
  3. to infest

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • befallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befallen” in Duden online
  • befallen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Participle

befallen

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of befalla
    Synonym: befalld (standard)

Declension

Inflection of befallen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular befallen
Neuter singular befallet
Plural befallna
Masculine plural3 befallne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 befallne
All befallna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

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