falls
German, conjunction
falls is spelled F-A-L-L-S (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written German, the 707th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falls is a German conjunction meaning “if, in the event that” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Falls is a different word: “genitive singular of Fall”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für den Fall, dass …; unter der Bedingung, dass …”.
What does falls mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
if, in the event that
Falls es anfängt zu regnen, müssen wir das Fenster zumachen.
- 2
colloquialin case, in order to be prepared if
Lass uns das Fenster zumachen, falls es anfängt zu regnen.
suffix
- 1
used to form adverbs from adjectives
- 2
used to form adverbs from pronouns
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Fall
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. für den Fall, dass …; unter der Bedingung, dass …
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to falls
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falls in German?
falls appears 123 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).