Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Adjective
falle
- neuter singular of fallen
Etymology 2
From Old Norse falla, "to fall", from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Cognates include Faeroese and Swedish falla, Danish falde, English fall, German fallen.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²fɑlːə/
Audio (Standard East Norwegian) (file)
Verb
falle (present tense fell, past tense fall, past participle falle, present participle fallande, imperative fall)
- to fall
- Han skleid, mista fotfestet og fall.
- He slipped, lost his footing and fell.
- Byen fall etter å ha vorte kringsett i ein månad.
- The city fell after being laid siege to for a month.
- Prisane på kler fall dramatisk i fjor.
- Prices on clothes fell dramatically last year.
- Han skleid, mista fotfestet og fall.
- to fall, die
- Faren min fall i krigen.
- My father died in the war.
- Mange menneske fall i slaget.
- Many people fell in the battle.
- Faren min fall i krigen.
- to slope
- Det nye golvet fell ganske mykje.
- The new floor slopes quite a bit.
- Det nye golvet fell ganske mykje.
- to look, fit [adjective/adverb] on
- Skaftet på denne kniven fell godt i handa.
- The handle of this knife fits well in my hand.
- Kjolen fell fint.
- The dress looks nice.
- Skaftet på denne kniven fell godt i handa.
- (with adjectives) to seem, appear
- Det fell naturleg for henne.
- It comes natural for her.
- Det fell naturleg å gjere det no.
- It seems only natural to do it now.
- Det fell naturleg for henne.
Synonyms
- (to fall) dale, deise, dette, dratte, drysje, dumpe, gli/glide, gå på hovudet, gå over ende, plumpe, ramle, rape, rause, segne, snuble, snåve, strøyme ned, stupe, styrte/sturte, tumle, velte
- (to die, be slain) dø, omko(m)me, bukke (gå) under
- (to look, fit) føre seg, hange, liggje, ta/take seg ut, vere
- (to decrease, fall) ebbe ut, leggje seg, minke, søkke,
Derived terms
- fall = a fall
- falleferdig = tumbledown, ramshackle
- fallen
- falle bort = lapse, cease to apply, be discontinued (literally: "fall away")
- falle for noko/nokon = fall for something/someone
- falle frå kvarandre = fall to pieces (literally: "fall from each other")
- falle heldig ut = be a success, turn out well (literally: "fall out luckily")
- falle nokon inn = occur to someone (literally: "fall someone in", "fall in to someone")
- falle pladask for nokon = fall head over heels in love with someone (literally: "fall smack for someone")
- falle saman = collapse, break down, tumble down, fall down (literally: "fall together")
- falle saman med = be identical with, coincide with (literally: "fall together with")
- falle seg slik = it so happens (literally: "fall like this")
- falle så lang ein er = fall full length (literally: "fall as long as one is")
- falle til ro = settle, settle down (literally: "fall to order")
- falle i hendene på nokon = fall into the hands of somebody
- falle i eins smak = be to one's liking (literally: "fall in one's taste")
- ta noko som det fell seg = take something as it comes (literally: "take something as it falls")
References
- “falle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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