| NOUN | a downfall | downfalls | ||
| SYNO | downfall | fall | precipitation ...  | ||
890
Niedergang {m} [Sturz] 238
Untergang {m} 88
Sturz {m} 63
Ruin {m} 29
Verfall {m} Dictionary English → German: downfall | Translation 1 - 17 of 17 |
| English | German | | ||||||||||
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| downfall | 890 Niedergang {m} [Sturz] | | ||||||||||
| downfall | 238 Untergang {m} | | ||||||||||
| downfall | 88 Sturz {m} | | ||||||||||
| downfall | 63 Ruin {m} | | ||||||||||
| downfall | 29 Verfall {m} | | ||||||||||
| downfall | starker Regen {m} | | ||||||||||
| 2 Words | |||||||||||||
| to cause sb.'s downfall | jds. Niedergang herbeiführen | | ||||||||||
| ultimate downfall | endgültiger Verfall {m} | | ||||||||||
| 3 Words | |||||||||||||
| to be / mean sb.'s downfall | jds. Ruin sein | | ||||||||||
| to be / mean sb.'s downfall | jds. Untergang sein | | ||||||||||
| idiom to bring about sb.'s downfall | jdm. das Genick / den Hals brechen [fig.] | | ||||||||||
| 4 Words | |||||||||||||
| Ambition was his downfall. | Ehrgeiz war sein Verderben. | | ||||||||||
| to bring about sb./sth. the downfall | jdn./etw. zu Fall bringen | | ||||||||||
| 5+ Words | |||||||||||||
| to bring about one's own downfall | seinen eigenen Sturz herbeiführen | | ||||||||||
| Fiction (Literature and Film) | |||||||||||||
| film F Downfall | Der Untergang [Oliver Hirschbiegel] | | ||||||||||
| lit. F Downfall of the Heart [in his collection of 3 novellas: A Failing Heart] | Untergang eines Herzens [Stefan Zweig] | | ||||||||||
| lit. F Miss Drayton's Downfall [Patricia Oliver] | Die ungeliebte Braut | | ||||||||||
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