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The parcel falls off the bike.
Das Paket fällt vom Fahrrad. The parcel falls off the bike.

verb · A1

fallen

[ˈfalən]

to fall

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Other Examples

  • Im Winter falle ich oft hin.

    In winter I often fall over.

  • Pass auf, sonst fällst du!

    Careful, or you'll fall!

  • Wir fallen müde ins Bett.

    We fall into bed, tired.

  • Fallt ihr nie vom Baum?

    Do you never fall off the tree?

  • Lottes Nüsse sind auf den Boden gefallen.

    Lotte's nuts have fallen on the floor.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es fällt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es fiel The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist gefallen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich fallefielbin gefallen
du fällstfielstbist gefallen
er/sie/es fälltfielist gefallen
wir fallenfielensind gefallen
ihr falltfieltseid gefallen
sie/Sie fallenfielensind gefallen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich war gefallenwerde fallenwerde gefallen sein
du warst gefallenwirst fallenwirst gefallen sein
er/sie/es war gefallenwird fallenwird gefallen sein
wir waren gefallenwerden fallenwerden gefallen sein
ihr wart gefallenwerdet fallenwerdet gefallen sein
sie/Sie waren gefallenwerden fallenwerden gefallen sein
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich fiele
du fielest
er/sie/es fiele
wir fielen
ihr fielet
sie/Sie fielen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du fall!
ihr fallt!
Sie fallen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

fall root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Fallhinfallenherunterfallen

In Otti's situations: Emil on his bike

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