different between falls vs fails

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??lz/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /f?lz/
• Rhymes: -??lz

Noun

falls (plural falls)

1. A waterfall.

   Niagara Falls

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

falls

1. plural of fall

Verb

falls

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fall

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/

Conjunction

falls

1. (conditional, somewhat formal) if, in the event that

2. (chiefly colloquial) in case, in order to be prepared if

Usage notes

• Falls is synonymous to the 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.

Synonyms

• (sense 1) wenn
• (sense 2) für den Fall, dass

Related terms

• Fall

Further reading

• “falls” in Duden online

Icelandic

Noun

falls n

1. indefinite genitive singular of fall

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German falls (17th c.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/, [f?l(t)s]
• Rhymes: -?ls

Conjunction

falls

1. if (in the case that)

Swedish

Etymology

• Homophone: fals

Noun

falls

1. indefinite genitive singular of fall
2. indefinite genitive plural of fall

See also

• fals

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?lz/

Verb

fails

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail

Noun

fails

1. plural of fail

Anagrams

• alifs

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from English file.

Pronunciation

Noun

fails m (1st declension)

1. (computing) file (aggregation of data on a storage device)

   Synonym: datne

Declension