Fallare

Fallare is a term that may appear in Scandinavian language material, though it is not a standard or widely used word in modern Swedish or Norwegian. It is typically described as an agent noun formed from the verb falla, meaning to fall, by adding the suffix -are. In this sense fallare would be understood as “one who falls” or, less literally, as someone or something associated with falling.

The potential meanings of fallare depend on context. It can be interpreted as a person who falls physically, for example in an accident or during acrobatics. In a broader or metaphorical sense, it could be used in historical texts or dialects to indicate someone who experiences a downfall or failure, or sometimes to designate a device or mechanism that causes a fall. However, these uses are not standardized.

In contemporary standard usage, fallare is rare and often replaced by more direct phrases such as den som faller (the one who falls) or by other, more specific terms. Because the word is infrequent and not fixed in modern dictionaries, its meaning is best inferred from the surrounding context rather than presumed from the form alone.

See also: falla, the verb to fall; suffix -are; den som faller.