faulen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaʊ̯lən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German fūlen, vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-Germanic *fūlāną (to become foul; rot; decay).

Verb

faulen (weak, third-person singular present fault, past tense faulte, past participle gefault, auxiliary sein)

  1. to rot (become decomposed by microorganisms)
Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • abfaulen
  • anfaulen
  • ausfaulen
  • durchfaulen
  • verfaulen

Adjective

faulen

  1. inflection of faul:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • faulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • faulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • faulen” in Duden online
  • faulen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfau̯len/, [ˈfɑʊ̯lən]

Verb

faulen (third-person singular present fault, past participle gefault, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to rot, to decay

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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