Falls meaning and definition in german
falls meaning and definition in german
Conjunction
Frequency: 
Falls is synonymous to more common wenn (“if”), but has the advantage of being unambiguously conditional, while wenn can also be used temporally (meaning "when, whenever").Colloquially, falls is used somewhat differently than in standard German proper. It does occur in sense 1, but infrequently. In return, it is often heard in sense 2 where formal usage would require für den Fall, dass.
- conditional, somewhat, formal if, in the event that Falls es anfängt zu regnen, müssen wir das Fenster zumachen. If it starts raining, we need to close the window.
- chiefly, colloquial in case, in order to be prepared if Lass uns das Fenster zumachen, falls es anfängt zu regnen. Let's close the window, in case it starts raining.
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