1 to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: “The apple fell from the tree”
vallen

2 (often withover) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: “She fell (over).”
vallen

3 to become lower or less: “The temperature is falling.”
dalen

4 to happen or occur: “Easter falls early this year.”
vallen

5 to enter a certain state or condition: “She fell asleep”
vallen, worden

6 (formal: “only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.”
ten deel vallen

1 the act of falling: “He had a fall.”
val

2 (a quantity of) something that has fallen: “a fall of snow.”
val

3 capture or (political) defeat: “the fall of Rome.”
val

4 (American) the autumn: “Leaves change colour in the fall.”
herfst

falls (noun plural)

a waterfall: “the Niagara Falls.”
waterval

'fallout (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

radioactive dust from a nuclear explosion etc.
fall-out

his

he, she etc looked suddenly disappointed.
haar, zijn etc gezicht betrok

fall away

1 to become less in number: “The crowd began to fall away.”
verdwijnen

2 to slope downwards: “The ground fell away steeply.”
afhellen

fall back

to move back or stop moving forward.
achterop raken

fall back on

to use, or to go to for help, finally when everything else has been tried: “Whatever happens you have your father's money to fall back on.”
terugvallen op

fall behind

1 to be slower than (someone else): “Hurry up! You're falling behind (the others)”
ten achter raken

2 (withwith) to become late in regular payment, letter-writing etc: “Don't fall behind with the rent!”
ten achter raken

fall down

to fail (in): “He's falling down on his job.”
te kort schieten

fall flat

(especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: “Her joke fell flat.”
geen succes hebben

fall for

1 to be deceived by (something): “I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.”
er inlopen

2 to fall in love with (someone): “He has fallen for your sister.”
verliefd worden op

fall in with

1 to join with (someone) for company: “On the way home we fell in with some friends.”
zich voegen bij

2 to agree with (a plan, idea etc): “They fell in with our suggestion.”
akkoord gaan met

fall off

to become smaller in number or amount: “Audiences often fall off during the summer.”
afnemen

fall on/upon

to attack: “The robbers fell on the old man and beat him”
aanvallen

fall out

to quarrel: “I have fallen out with my sister.”
ruzie krijgen

fall short

to be not enough or not good enough etc: “The money we have falls short of what we need.”
minder zijn (dan)

fall through

(of plans etc) to fail or come to nothing: “Our plans fell through.”
mislukken


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to fall	zakken (ww.) ; afvallen (ww.) ; erin vallen (ww.) ; flikkeren (ww.) ; heengaan (ww.) ; kelderen (ww.) ; kiepen (ww.) ; kieperen (ww.) ; minder worden (ww.) ; neervallen (ww.) ; omkomen (ww.) ; ondergaan (ww.) ; onderuitgaan (ww.) ; raken (ww.) ; wegvallen (ww.) ; vallen (ww.) ; tuimelen (ww.) ; treffen (ww.) ; teruglopen (ww.) ; terechtkomen (ww.) ; ten ondergaan (ww.) ; sterven (ww.) ; sodemieteren (ww.) ; sneuvelen (ww.) ; overlijden (ww.)
the fall	de ondergang ; de vermindering (v) ; de val (m) ; de terugloop (m) ; de teruggang (m) ; de prijsverlaging (v) ; de prijsdaling (v) ; het najaar ; de landing (v) ; de instorting (v) ; de herfsttijd (m) ; de herfst (m) ; de deflatie (v) ; de daling (v) ; de afname ; de achteruitgang (m)
fall	sluisverval bij een stroomsluis ; afloop in de zin van 'verval' ; slinken ; overstort ; neerslag ; neerlaten ; loper ; afvallig worden ; afschot ; afnemen ; afloop ; storten ; tanen ; uitvallen ; val ; valhoogte ; verflauwen ; verminderen ; verschieten ; verval ; vervallen ; waterval

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EN: crash
EN: crash down
EN: decline
EN: dive
EN: dribble
EN: drip
EN: drop
EN: fall down
EN: fall over
EN: go down

Let op; In het UK-Engels en het US-Engels worden verschillende woorden gebruikt. In UK-Engels gebruikt men `autumn` In US-Engels gebruikt men `fall`

EN: fall away NL: wegvallen, uitvallen, afvallen NL: vermageren NL: verminderen
EN: fall back NL: terugvallen NL: achterop raken
EN: fall back upon NL: zijn toevlucht nemen tot NL: achter de hand hebben
EN: fall before, fall for NL: (Am. sl.) verliefd worden op NL: toegeven aan
EN: fall behind NL: acherop raken
EN: fall down NL: neervallen, omvallen NL: falen
EN: fall flat NL: mislukken
EN: fall foul of NL: slaags raken met NL: (scheepvaart) in aanvaring komen met
EN: fall from NL: ontvallen
EN: fall in NL: instorten NL: vervallen (van schuld), aflopen (van contract) NL: laten aantreden
EN: fall in love NL: