Fallbeil

German

Etymology

fallen (“to fall”) +‎ Beil (“hatchet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalˌbaɪ̯l/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Fallbeil n (strong, genitive Fallbeiles or Fallbeils, plural Fallbeile)

1. guillotine (execution machine)

   Synonyms: Guillotine, (obsolete) Fallschwertmaschine, (colloquial, obsolete) Hackmesser

Declension

Declension of Fallbeil [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fallbeil	die	Fallbeile
genitive	eines	des	Fallbeiles, Fallbeils	der	Fallbeile
dative	einem	dem	Fallbeil, Fallbeile1	den	Fallbeilen
accusative	ein	das	Fallbeil	die	Fallbeile

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Fallbeil” in Duden online
• “Fallbeil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache