"faldan" meaning in Old High German

See faldan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *falþan. The verb originally showed Grammatischer Wechsel with Germanic þ (OHG d) in the present and Germanic d (OHG t) in the past forms. However, this variation had already been levelled by Old High German times, yielding faldan alongside rarer faltan, each with normalised paradigms. Etymology templates: {{dercat|goh|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*falþan}} Proto-West Germanic *falþan Head templates: {{head|goh|verb}} faldan Inflection templates: {{goh-conj-st|fald|fiald|fiald|gifaldan|class=7}} Forms: strong [table-tags], faldan [infinitive], faldu [first-person, present, singular], faldo [first-person, present, singular], fiald [first-person, past, singular], faldis [present, second-person, singular], faldist [present, second-person, singular], fialdi [past, second-person, singular], faldit [present, singular, third-person], fiald [past, singular, third-person], faldem [first-person, plural, present], faldemēs [first-person, plural, present], fialdum [first-person, past, plural], fialdumēs [first-person, past, plural], faldet [plural, present, second-person], fialdut [past, plural, second-person], faldant [plural, present, third-person], fialdun [past, plural, third-person], falde [first-person, present, singular], fialdi [first-person, past, singular], faldēs [present, second-person, singular], faldēst [present, second-person, singular], fialdīs [past, second-person, singular], fialdīst [past, second-person, singular], falde [present, singular, third-person], fialdi [past, singular, third-person], faldēm [first-person, plural, present], fialdīm [first-person, past, plural], fialdīmēs [first-person, past, plural], faldēt [plural, present, second-person], fialdīt [past, plural, second-person], faldēn [plural, present, third-person], fialdīn [past, plural, third-person], fald [present, singular], faldet [plural, present], faldanti [present], gifaldan [past], faltan [alternative, uncommon]
  1. to fold Wikipedia link: Grammatischer Wechsel
    Sense id: en-faldan-goh-verb-YIpQRP~S Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        "2": "fiald",
        "3": "fiald",
        "4": "gifaldan",
        "class": "7"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German class 7 strong verbs",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Grammatischer Wechsel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faldan"
}

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