fällen

Meaning

1. to cut down, to fell (a tree)
2. to precipitate
3. to make
4. to pass

Concepts

fell

cut down

mutilate

cut off

down

precipitate

snap off

pass

abase

appease

assuage

beat

breakdown

butcher

calm

chop

cover

defeat

demolish

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

hack

humiliate

kill

liquidate

mortify

overcome

overthrow

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

take down

tranquilize

use up

vanquish

weaken

win over

chop down

cheat

leave unpaid

curtail

dull

trim

come

reach

to

knock down

Hyphenated as

fäl‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛlən/

Etymology

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.