faulen

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊ̯lən/

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From Middle High German fūlen, vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to become foul; rot; decay”).

faulen (weak, third-person singular present fault, past tense faulte, past participle gefault, auxiliary sein)

1. to rot (become decomposed by microorganisms)

faulen

1. inflection of faul:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

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From Middle High German vūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfau̯len/, [ˈfɑʊ̯lən]

faulen (third-person singular present fault, past participle gefault, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. (intransitive) to rot, to decay

From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

faulen (aux sennen, present tense felt, past tense foll, past participle jefollen).

1. (intransitive) to fall