Zufall
English
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Zufall is the 33990th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 669 individuals. Zufall is most common among White (95.96%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zufall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Etymology
Early Modern High German zuoval, a calque of Latin accidēns; see zufallen. Attested in the 15th century.[1] Cognate with Dutch toeval.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːˌfal/
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Noun
Zufall m (strong, genitive Zufalles or Zufalls, plural Zufälle)
- chance, coincidence, randomness
- durch / per Zufall. ― by chance.
- Ich habe ihn heute per Zufall getroffen ― I encountered him by chance today.
- (obsolete, often in the plural) Synonym of Anfall (“fit; seizure”)
- 1880, Johanna Spyri, Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre:
- Und vielleicht kann sich der Herr Pfarrer auch noch der Mutter erinnern, der Adelheid; sie war mondsüchtig und hatte Zufälle, soll das Kind auch so etwas holen mit der Anstrengung?
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- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 65:
- Das sei nichts für ihn, er brauche einen vernünftigen Luftdruck, sonst kriege er Zufälle.
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Declension
References
- Friedrich Kluge (2002) “Zufall”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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