fällen

From Middle High German vellen, Old High German fellen, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to make fall”). Cognate with English fell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlən/

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• Homophone: Fellen
• Hyphenation: fäl‧len

fällen (weak, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fällte, past participle gefällt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to cut down, to fell (a tree)

   Synonyms: schlagen, umlegen

2. (transitive, intransitive, chemistry) to precipitate

   Synonym: ausfällen

3. (a decision) to make

   Synonym: treffen

4. (a judgement or sentence) to pass

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• Fällen, Fäller, Fällung

• ausfällen
• fallen

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

fällen

1. definite singular of fäll