Zufall

German

Etymology

Early Modern High German zuoval, a loan translation of Latin accidēns. Attested in the 15th century.[1] Cognate with Dutch toeval.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːˌfal/
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Noun

Zufall m (genitive Zufalls, plural Zufälle)

  1. chance, coincidence, randomness

Declension
Declension of Zufall
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zufall die Zufälle
genitive eines des Zufalls der Zufälle
dative einem dem Zufall den Zufällen
accusative einen den Zufall die Zufälle

Synonyms

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (2002), “Zufall”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 24th edition, →ISBN

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