Definition
A particular example or occurrence of a situation or problem.
Translations
- English
- case
- Français
- cas
- Türkçe
- durum
- Polski
- przypadek
- Русский
- случай
- Українська
- випадок
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Fall
- B1
- Noun
- Services & Everyday Tasks
- Society & Public Life
case
/deːɐ̯ ˈfal/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Fälle
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Services & Everyday TasksPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Dieser Fall zeigt, wie wichtig eine schnelle Entscheidung ist.NominativSing.This case shows how important a quick decision is.
- Die Polizei untersucht einen ungewöhnlichen Fall.AkkusativSing.The police are investigating an unusual case.
- In diesem Fall müssen wir sofort handeln.DativSing.In this case, we have to act immediately.
- Die Ursache des Falles ist noch nicht bekannt.GenitivSing.The cause of the case is not yet known.
- Solche Fälle kommen im Alltag häufig vor.NominativPlur.Such cases often occur in everyday life.
- Das Gericht prüft die Fälle besonders sorgfältig.AkkusativPlur.The court examines the cases especially carefully.
- Bei ähnlichen Fällen hilft diese Checkliste.DativPlur.This checklist helps with similar cases.
- Die Bearbeitung schwieriger Fälle dauert oft länger.GenitivPlur.Processing difficult cases often takes longer.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Fall/fal/
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Article phrase
der Fall/deːɐ̯ ˈfal/
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Plural
Fälle/ˈfɛlə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Fall | die Fälle |
| Akkusativ | den Fall | die Fälle |
| Dativ | dem Fall | den Fällen |
| Genitiv | des Falles | der Fälle |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationein schwieriger Fall
- Collocationeinen Fall untersuchen
- Prepositional constructionin diesem Fallin + Dativ
- Sentence patternDas ist ein Fall für + Akkusativ.
- Collocationein besonderer Fall
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termBeispiel — example
A Fall can serve as a concrete example, whereas Beispiel can also be used independently of a situation or problem.
- Near-synonymSituation — situation
- Semantically relatedProblem — problem
- Related termEreignis — event
- Narrower termSonderfall
A Sonderfall is a particular manifestation of a case that deviates from the general rule.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Fallbeispiel
- Fallzahl
- Sonderfall
- Fallhöhe