fald

See also: fałd and -fald

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German valde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalt]

Noun

fald m inan (diminutive faldík)

1. (colloquial) fold, pleat, crease, ruck, pucker

   Synonym: záhyb

2. (derogatory) flab

Declension

Declension of fald (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fald	faldy
genitive	faldu	faldů
dative	faldu	faldům
accusative	fald	faldy
vocative	falde	faldy
locative	faldu	faldech
instrumental	faldem	faldy

Further reading

• “fald”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fald”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fald”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• “fald” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˀ/, [ˈfalˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz, cognate with English fall, German Fall. Derived from the verb *fallaną (“to fall”). The sense "case" is a calque of Latin cāsus.

Noun

fald n (singular definite faldet, plural indefinite fald)

1. fall (tumble, drop, a downward motion)
2. decrease, decline
3. (grammar, rare outside of compounds) case (grammatical form that defines the function of a noun phrase in a sentence)
4. (in fixed phrases) event, case

   in fixed phrases: i alt fald (“in any case”), ifald (“in case, if”), i bedste fald (“at best”), i givet fald (“if so”), i hvert fald (“in any case”), i modsat fald (“otherwise”), i så fald (“in that case”), i værste fald (“at worst”).

Declension

Declension of fald

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fald	faldet	fald	faldene
genitive	falds	faldets	falds	faldenes

Derived terms

• affald
• ejefald
• genstandsfald
• hensynsfald
• knæfald
• nævnefald
• stå for fald
• vandfald

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fald

1. imperative of falde

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• faljad

Etymology

fal +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒld]
• Hyphenation: fald
• Rhymes: -ɒld

Verb

fald

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fal

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fald m (definite singular falden, indefinite plural falder, definite plural faldene)

1. (sewing) hem

See also

• oppbrett

Old English

Noun

fald m

1. Alternative form of falod

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian фалд (fald).

Noun

fald m (plural falduri)

1. crease, fold

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fald	faldul		falduri	faldurii
genitive-dative	fald	faldului		falduri	faldurilor
vocative	faldule			faldurilor

Vilamovian

fald

Etymology

From Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fald n (plural faldyn)

1. field