Morphologicallyfall -en
fallen
past participle offall fallen (not generallycomparable ,comparative morefallen ,superlative mostfallen or ( uncommon ) fallenest
Having dropped by the force of gravity.fallen raindrops Killed, especially in battle.a ceremony to honorfallen soldiers the disposal offallen livestock 1945 April 16,Harry S. Truman , 10:41 from the start, inMP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S. [1] Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum ,National Archives Identifier:595162 :We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of ourfallen president, we shall not fail.
Having lost one'schastity .afallen woman 1964 Mark Twain, Young Reporter in Virginia City: The Racy, Rollicking Adventures of a Great Author in the Gamiest, Richest, Mightiest Town in All the Frontier West! :Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, afallen woman— one of the happiest,fallenest women in history, by the way.
1991 Nightshades and Orchids ,→ISBN "You make yourself out to be thefallenest offallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman[ …]
Having collapsed.afallen building Having lostprestige , (Christian)grace , etc.1913 Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871 , page397 :Thatfallenest of ourfallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise[ …]
(having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc. ):arisen Terms derived from the adjectivefallen
having dropped by the force of gravity
having lost one's chastity
fallen (plural fallen
( plural only ) dead .( plural only ) Casualties of battle or war.( countable , Christianity ) 1873 Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature , volume 5:In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that thefallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.
casualties of battle or war
fallen
third-person plural present indicative offallar FromMiddle High German vallen Old High German fallan Proto-West Germanic *fallan Proto-Germanic *fallaną Proto-Indo-European *pōl- Bavarian foin Low German fallen Dutch vallen English fall Danish falde Dutch falla
fallen (class 7strong ,third-person singular present fällt past tense fiel past participle gefallen auxiliary sein
( intransitive ) fall ; todrop 1960 Marie Luise Kaschnitz ,Gespenster :Das Programmfiel ihr aus der Hand. The programme fell from her hand. Der Regenfiel wie aus Eimern. It rained cats and dogs. (literally: 'The rain fell as if out of buckets.') Siefiel zu Boden. She fell to the floor. ( intransitive , military ) die ; tofall in battle ; todie in battle ; tobe killed in action 1918 ,Elisabeth von Heyking ,Die Orgelpfeifen Bei einem Patrouillenritt, zu dem er sich freiwillig gemeldet,war der älteste der Enkelgefallen . Ruhte nun fern in Feindesland. On a patrolling ride, for which he had volunteered, the oldest of the grandchildren had died. Rested now far away in enemy country. ( intransitive ) fall , tocollapse , to beoverthrown .Das Römische Reichfiel auf Grund der Völkerwanderung. The Roman Empire was overthrown by the consequences of the Migration period. ( intransitive ) decrease , todecline Zur Zeit der Finanzkrisefielen viele Aktienkurse um zahlreiche Prozentpunkte. During the banking scandal many stock prices decreased by a large percentage. Conjugation of
fallen (class 7
strong , auxiliary
sein )
1 This form and alternative inwürde
Composed forms of
fallen (class 7
strong , auxiliary
sein )
“fallen ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fallen ” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon “fallen ” inDuden online “fallen ” inOpenThesaurus.de FromMiddle Low German vallen Old Saxon fallan Proto-West Germanic *fallan Proto-Germanic *fallaną
fallen (past singular full past participle fullen auxiliary verb wesen
( ergative ) fall ,tumble de Avendfallt ―the evening falls in Slaapfallen ―to fall asleep to happendat is op düssen Dagfullen ―that happened on that day Note: This conjugation is one of many.
FromOld English feallan Proto-West Germanic *fallan Proto-Germanic *fallaną fellen ( “ to fell ” ) in some dialects.
fallen
tofall Conjugation offallen (strong class 7 orweak in -de ) infinitive (to)fallen falle present tense past tense 1st-person singular falle fell falde 2nd-person singular fallest felle 1 ,faldest 3rd-person singular falleth fell falde subjunctive singular falle felle 2 ,falde 2 imperative singular — plural 3 fallen falle fellen felle falden falde imperative plural falleth falle — participles fallynge fallende fallen falle fald yfallen yfalle
1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular orfellest 2 Later replaced by the indicative.3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
From the verbfalle
fallen (neuter singular fallent definite singular and plural falne
fallen From the verbfalle
fallen (neuter singular falle definite singular and plural falne
fallen fallen
inflection offallar third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative third-person plural present indicative offallir fallen
past participle offalla fallen
fallen enfallen ängel ―a fallen angel fallna äpplenfallen apples Inflection offallen Indefinite positive comparative superlative1 common singular fallen — — neuter singular fallet — — plural fallna — — masculine plural2 fallne — — Definite positive comparative superlative masculine singular3 fallne — — all fallna — —
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
fallen
definite plural offall 
