Fallbeil

German

Etymology

fallen (“to fall”) +‎ Beil (“hatchet”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Fallbeil n (genitive Fallbeiles, plural Fallbeile)

guillotine (machine used for execution)

Declension

Declension of Fallbeil

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fallbeil	die	Fallbeile
genitive	eines	des	Fallbeiles, Fallbeils	der	Fallbeile
dative	einem	dem	Fallbeil, Fallbeile¹	den	Fallbeilen
accusative	ein	das	Fallbeil	die	Fallbeile

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Guillotine

Further reading

Fallbeil in Duden online

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