einfallen.
to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English think of with the dative object as the subject)
Meaning & usage
to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English think of with the dative object as the subject)
Laß dir was einfallen!
Mir würde es nie im Traum einfallen, Astronaut zu sein.
for there to be a memory [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English remember with the dative object as the subject)
Es ist mir wieder eingefallen
to invade
Die Soldaten fielen in das Land ein.
Jedes Jahr im September fallen die Studenten wie Heuschrecken in diese Stadt ein.
to collapse, to fall in
Wegen der schweren Flut sind die Wände des Hauses eingefallen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German īnvallen, from Old High German infallan, from Proto-West Germanic *infallan. Equivalent to ein- + fallen.
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