Entfällt
Entfällt is a German verb that covers several related meanings, most commonly the cancellation or omission of a planned event, item, or obligation. The prefix ent- signals disappearance, removal, or cessation, combined with fallen as the root verb meaning “to fall.”
- Cancellation or omission: The phrase is frequently used in schedules and notices to indicate that something
- Disappearance or no longer applying: It can denote that a plan or requirement does not apply as
- Forgetting in memory-related sense: In some contexts, entfallen can mean that something has slipped from memory.
- Infinitiv: entfallen; Partizip II: entfallen. Präsens third-person singular: er entfällt. The form ist entfallen is used
- In everyday announcements and formal notices, the construction with der Termin entfällt or es entfällt often
- Entfall contrasts with ausfallen, which also means “to fall out” or “to fail,” but ausfallen emphasizes
- The noun Entfall denotes the act or instance of cancellation or omission: Der Entfall des Termins.
- Es fällt mir ein (the related idiom about recalling something)
Entfällt remains a common, neutral term in both spoken and written German, particularly in administrative, educational,