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zufallen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accrue verb To increase, to rise
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.

Senses

zufallen is used for these senses in English:

  • accrue (intransitive, legal) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
  • fall (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

accrue — full definition

  1. verb To increase, to rise
  2. verb To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
  3. verb To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
  4. verb To accumulate.

fall — full definition

  1. verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  2. verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
  3. verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
  4. verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
  5. noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.

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