German VERB B2 Rank 4892

entfallen

to be canceled / to slip one's mind / to fall to

entfallen – entfiel – ist entfallen

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry entfallen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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entfallen vs vergessen

to forget

Both words can express that information is no longer in someone’s memory. With vergessen, the person is the subject and the information is the object. With entfallen, the information is the subject and the person is in the dative; this form sounds more elevated.

Visual example for vergessen
entfallen

Der Name des neuen Kollegen ist mir entfallen.

The new colleague’s name slipped my mind.

vergessen

Ich habe den Namen des neuen Kollegen vergessen.

I forgot the new colleague’s name.

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