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zusammenfallen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German zesamenvallen, zesamenevallen, from Old High German zisamanefallan. Equivalent to zusammen- +‎ fallen. In the sense “to merge” probably a calque of Latin coincidēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tsuˈzamənˌfalən/, [tsuˈzamənˌfalən], [tsə-], [-ˈzamm̩], [-ˌfal̩n]
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Verb

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zusammenfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt zusammen, past tense fiel zusammen, past participle zusammengefallen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to collapse
    Synonym: zusammenstürzen
    Antonyms: auseinanderfallen, auseinandergehen
  2. to merge; to fall together; to coincide

Conjugation

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Further reading

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