Angefallener

Angefallener is a German attributive adjective form derived from the past participle angefallen of the verb anfallen, which has senses including to attack, to befall, or to incur. As an adjective it describes a noun as having been attacked, occurred, or incurred, and its exact meaning depends on context.

In usage, angefallener commonly appears in phrases where a noun has been affected by an action or event. In a military context, it can describe an enemy or forces that have attacked, for example ein angefallener Feind or angefallene Truppen. In financial or administrative contexts, it describes costs, claims, or burdens that have occurred, such as angefallene Kosten or angefallene Forderungen. The sense “occurring” or “incurred” is typical when the noun is abstract or economic.

Grammar and inflection: angefallener is the masculine nominative singular form used with an indefinite article (ein angefallener Feind). With a definite article, the form changes to der angefallene Feind. Plural forms are angefallene Feinde (nom/acc) or the declined forms used with articles: die angefallenen Kosten. The feminine and neuter forms differ (e.g., eine angefallene Kosten is not correct; correct feminine would be eine angefallene Forderung; neuter would be ein angefallenes Problem). The participial adjective behaves like other past participle adjectives in German: endings depend on gender, number, and article type.

Notes: angefallener as a standalone noun is uncommon; when capitalized as Angefallener or Angefallene, it may appear in specialized contexts to refer to “the fallen” or survivors in war reports, but this is a niche usage. Overall, the term is best understood as a grammatical form of angefallen used to describe objects or entities affected by an attack, occurrence, or incursion.