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The German word for fold is
Falte





fold

Plural

The plural of Falte is Falten.

German Definition


fold
     Verb:
     [1] falten
          [1] I folded the paper.
          [1] Now all birds their wings have folden, / Mystic draughts our hearts embolden.
     Substantiv:
     [1] Falte, Falz
          [1] She hid the letters in the folds of her dress.
     Substantiv:
     [1] Pferch
     [2] übertragen: Gemeinschaft, Gemeinde; Schoß
          [1] Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep. (Numbers 32:24)
            So bauet nun Städte für eure Kinder und Hürden für euer Vieh. (4 Mose 32:24)
          [2] He is not of the fold.
          [2] She returned to the fold.
     Verb:
     [1] selten: pferchen
          [1] We usually fold the sheep at night.

Translations for fold and their definitions

Falz
     n-m. fold
     n-m. rabbet, rebate
     n-m. seam
     n-m. stamp hinge
     v. singular imperative of falzen
     v. colloquial of


Falten
     n. plural of Falte
     v. to fold


Falte ©
     n-f. fold
     n-f. wrinkle
     v. first-person singular present of falten
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of falten
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of falten
     v. singular imperative of falten


Faltung
     n-f. folding


Nachgeben
     n. gerund of nachgeben
     v. to give way
     v. to give in
     v. to collapse
     v. to decrease, drop, fall



zusammenfallen
     v. to collapse
     v. to merge; to fall together; to coincide


Aussteigen
     n. gerund of aussteigen
     v. to exit, get off (especially a vehicle)
     v. to phase out, to back out, to bail out
          aus der Kohleenergie aussteigen - to phase out coal power
     v. to drop out (to opt out of conventional society)


Gemeinde
     n-f. municipality
          die zur Gemeinde gehörenden Einzelhöfe - the outlying farmsteads that are part of the municipality
     n-f. parish
          von einer Gemeinde in die nächste versetzt werden - to be shifted from one parish to another
     n-f. church, congregation, assembly
          es kam eine große Furcht über die ganze Gemeinde - great fear came over the whole church
     n-f. (collective) community
          die türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland - the Turkish community in Germany


unterheben


zusammenlegen
     v. to merge, to amalgamate
     v. to fold
     v. (money) to all pitch in (in order to pay for something)
          Wenn wir zusammenlegen, könnte es für einen Wochenendtrip reichen. - If we all pitch in, it would be enough for a weekend trip.



zusammenfalten
     v. to fold up



sich geschlagen geben
     v. (idiom) to admit defeat, to fold



Falten
     n. plural of Falte
     v. to fold


zusammenbrechen
     v. to break down, collapse


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