"Zerfall" meaning in German

See Zerfall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tsɛɐ̯ˈfal/ Audio: De-Zerfall.ogg
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Back-formation from zerfallen. Etymology templates: {{back-form|de|zerfallen}} Back-formation from zerfallen Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Zerfall m (strong, genitive Zerfalles or Zerfalls, plural Zerfälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Zerfalles [genitive], Zerfalls [genitive], Zerfälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Zerfall [nominative, singular], Zerfälle [definite, nominative, plural], Zerfalles [genitive, singular], Zerfalls [genitive, singular], Zerfälle [definite, genitive, plural], Zerfall [dative, singular], Zerfalle [dative, singular], Zerfällen [dative, definite, plural], Zerfall [accusative, singular], Zerfälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. disintegration, collapse, breakup, dissolution Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zerfall-de-noun-ypppJsYx
  2. decay Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zerfall-de-noun-LbaBV5--
  3. (physics) decay Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-Zerfall-de-noun-LbaBV5--1 Categories (other): German back-formations, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German back-formations: 17 15 68 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 4 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 3 88 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Alphazerfall, Betazerfall, Atomzerfall, radioaktiver Zerfall Related terms: Zerfallsbeginn, Zerfallsbeschleunigung, Zerfallsdauer, Zerfallsende, Zerfallsenergie, Zerfallserscheinung, Zerfallsprodukt, Zerfallsreihe

Inflected forms

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