Fall ↔ case · German · learnfeliz · Learn new languages for free!

Das wollen wir auf jeden Fall verhindern .

We definitely want to prevent that.

Der Fall ist glasklar .

The case is crystal clear.

Wir alle erinnern uns an
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den Fall Fourniret.

We all remember the Fourniret case.

Er verhält sich wie eine Eidechse
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im freien Fall .

It behaves like a lizard in free fall.

Auch in diesem Fall lag es an
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einem gestörten Verhältnis zur Mannschaft .

In this case, too, it was due to a disturbed relationship with the team.

Was wirklich hinter dem unfairen Wettbewerb in diesem Fall steckt , ist der schwache Dollar
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.

What's really behind the unfair competition in this case is the weak dollar.

(masculine, strong) fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
(masculine, strong) fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
(masculine, strong) fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
(masculine, strong) case (actual event, situation, or fact)
(masculine, strong) case (instance or event as a topic of study)
(masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
(masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
(masculine, strong) case (kind of inflection of a nominal)

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

fall

Basel-Landschaft

faal

Fribourg

fall

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fal/

Inherited from Middle High German

val

Inherited from Old High German

fal

Cognate with Dutch

val

Cognate with English

fall

In summary

From Middle High German val, from Old High German fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. Cognate with Dutch val, English fall. The sense “case” in all its shapes is a calque of Latin casus.