reinfallen
German, verb
reinfallen is spelled R-E-I-N-F-A-L-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reinfallen is a German verb meaning “to fall into” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Reinfällen is a different word: “dative plural of Reinfall”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in etwas (zum Beispiel eine Flüssigkeit oder ein Loch) fallen”.
What does reinfallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto fall into
Die Puppe ist in den Brunnen reingefallen.
- 2
colloquialto fall for, to be deceived by
noun
- 1
dative plural of Reinfall
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in etwas (zum Beispiel eine Flüssigkeit oder ein Loch) fallen 2. sich durch etwas täuschen/blenden lassen, angeschmiert/betrogen werden
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 reinfallen
- fällt rein present singular third-person
- fiel rein past
- reingefallen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- reinfallend participle present
- reinzufallen infinitive infinitive-zu
- falle rein first-person indicative present
- fallen rein first-person indicative plural
- fällst rein indicative present second-person
- fallt rein indicative plural present
- fallest rein second-person singular subjunctive
- fallet rein plural second-person subjunctive
- fielen rein first-person indicative plural
- fiele rein first-person singular subjunctive
- fielst rein indicative preterite second-person
- fielt rein indicative plural preterite
- fielest rein second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is reinfallen in German?
reinfallen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).