Fall.
fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
Meaning & usage
fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
freier Fall
fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
der Fall von Konstantinopel
fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
case (actual event, situation, or fact)
Im Falle eines Falles.
case (instance or event as a topic of study)
case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
case (kind of inflection of a nominal)
Where this word comes from
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.
halyard
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Low German [Term?].
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