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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.”

Common usage and senses

- 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.

Grammar and forms

- 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

Relation to related terms

- 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.

See also

- Ausfallen

- Entkommen

- 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,

no
longer
takes
place.
Example:
Der
Termin
entfällt
heute.
Der
Kurs
entfällt
am
Freitag.
initially
expected.
Example:
Der
Antrag
entfällt,
da
alle
Unterlagen
vorliegen.
Example:
Mir
ist
der
Name
entfallen.
Es
ist
mir
entfallen.
for
the
perfect
tense
with
the
auxiliary
sein:
Der
Termin
ist
entfallen.
appears
without
object,
especially
in
calendar
or
timetable
language.
an
interruption
due
to
external
causes,
whereas
entfallen
concentrates
on
cancellation,
omission,
or
loss
of
applicability.
and
calendar
contexts.