Faul

See also: faul

English

Proper noun

Faul (plural Fauls)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Faul is the 10914th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2916 individuals. Faul is most common among White (89.47%) individuals.

Anagrams

Plautdietsch

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German val, from Old Saxon fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall. The sense of "grammatical case" is a calque of Latin casus.

Noun

Faul m (plural Fal)

  1. occurrence
  2. occasion
  3. circumstance
  4. (grammar) case
Derived terms
  • Doodesfaul
  • Dänfaul
  • jeedenfauls
  • Nootfaul
  • Sikjfaul
  • Wäafaul
  • Wämfaul

Etymology 2

Deverbal from faulen (“to fall”).

Noun

Faul f (plural Faulen)

  1. trap
  2. a fall
Derived terms
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