falten

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See also: Falten and fälten

Catalan

Verb

falten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of faltar

German

Etymology

From Middle High German valden, valten, from Old High German faldan, faltan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan. The irregular forms with -t- arose through early levelling of Grammatischer Wechsel, but remained rare in both Old and Middle High German. They probably established themselves in modern German by analogy as there are several verbs in -alten (halten, schalten, spalten, walten), but none in -alden.

Pronunciation

Verb

falten (weak or mixed, third-person singular present faltet, past tense faltete, past participle gefaltet or (regional) gefalten, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fold
    seine Hände faltento fold one's hands
    mit gefalteten Händenwith folded hands

Usage notes

  • The normal past participle is gefaltet. The strong form gefalten is used in some regions but is now rarely seen in writing, although it is the older form (compare the Dutch cognate vouwen with past participle gevouwen).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

falten

  1. inflection of faltar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative