Faul

See also: faul

English

Proper noun

Faul (plural Fauls)

1. A surname.

Statistics

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

Anagrams

• Fula

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
• Toofaul
• Wäafaul
• Wämfaul

Etymology 2

Deverbal from faulen (“to fall”).

Noun

Faul f (plural Faulen)

1. trap
2. a fall

Derived terms

• Faulschorm
• Musfaul
• Rautenfaul
• Wotafaul