entfallen
German, verb[ʔɛntˈfalən]
entfallen is a German verb meaning “to drop or be dropped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of entfallen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus der Hand fallen”.
What does entfallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drop or be dropped
- 2
to lapse or be cancelled
- 3
to slip one's memory
adjective
- 1
omitted
- 2
cancelled
verb
- 1
past participle of entfallen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus der Hand fallen 2. wegfallen, sich erübrigen, nicht mehr in Betracht kommen 3. vergessen werden, aus dem Gedächtnis schwinden, aus dem Gedächtnis verloren werden 4. jemandem oder einer Sache zuteil werden, zutreffen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entfallen
- entfällt present singular third-person
- entfiel past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- entfallend participle present
- entfalle first-person indicative present
- entfällst indicative present second-person
- entfallt indicative plural present
- entfallest second-person singular subjunctive
- entfallet plural second-person subjunctive
- entfielen first-person indicative plural
- entfiele first-person formal rare
- entfielst indicative preterite second-person
- entfielt indicative plural preterite
- entfielest formal rare second-person
- entfielet formal plural rare
- entfall imperative second-person singular
- entfalle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entfallen?
- [ʔɛntˈfalən]
- [ɛntˈfalən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entfallen in German?
entfallen appears 7.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).