zusammenfallen
German
Etymology
zusammen- + fallen. In the sense “to merge” probably a loan translation of Latin coincidēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsuˈzamənˌfalən/, [tsuˈzamənˌfalən], [tsə-], [-ˈzamm̩], [-ˌfal̩n]
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Verb
zusammenfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt zusammen, past tense fiel zusammen, past participle zusammengefallen, auxiliary sein)
- to collapse
- Synonym: zusammenstürzen
- Antonyms: auseinanderfallen, auseinandergehen
- to merge; to fall together; to coincide
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “zusammenfallen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “zusammenfallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zusammenfallen” in Duden online
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