Declension of German noun Tonfall with plural and article

The declension of the noun Tonfall (intonation, tone) is in singular genitive Tonfall(e)s and in the plural nominative Tonfälle. The noun Tonfall is declined with the declension endings es/ä-e. In the plural is an umlaut. The voice of Tonfall is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Tonfall but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · -s,¨-e

der Tonfall

Tonfall(e)s · Tonfälle⁴

Endings es/ä-e   Plural with umlaut  

⁴ Usage seldom

English intonation, tone, accent, cadence, chant, inflection, tone of voice, pitch variation

[Sprache] Art und Weise, wie etwas ausgesprochen wird, zum Beispiel zum Ausdruck von Gefühlen; Veränderung der Tonhöhe beim Sprechen; Intonation, Sprachmelodie

» Ist dir sein merkwürdiger Tonfall aufgefallen? English Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?

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Declension of Tonfall in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derTonfall
Gen. desTonfalles/Tonfalls
Dat. demTonfall/Tonfalle⁶
Acc. denTonfall

Plural

Nom. dieTonfälle⁴
Gen. derTonfälle⁴
Dat. denTonfällen⁴
Acc. dieTonfälle⁴

⁴ Usage seldom⁶ Only in exalted use

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Example sentences for Tonfall

  • Ist dir sein merkwürdiger Tonfall aufgefallen? 
    English Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?
  • Briten und Amerikaner kann man schon am Tonfall sehr gut unterscheiden. 
    English Britons and Americans can be easily distinguished by their tone.
  • Durch den Tonfall kann man viel mehr zum Ausdruck bringen als mit den Worten selbst. 
    English Through the tone of voice, one can express much more than with the words themselves.
  • Sein Tonfall duldete keinen Widerspruch, er ging sogleich zurück in sein Zimmer, das neben meinem lag. 
    English His tone allowed no contradiction, he immediately went back to his room, which was next to mine.
  • Hinter einem dogmatischen Tonfall steht tiefe Unkenntnis. 
    English Profound ignorance is what is behind a dogmatic tone.
  • Tom las uns in monotonem Tonfall Marias Briefe vor. 
    English Tom read out Mary's letter to us in a monotone voice.
  • Er brachte seine Kritik in einem sehr sarkastischen Tonfall vor. 
    English He presented his criticism in a very sarcastic tone.
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Translation of German Tonfall

German Tonfall
English intonation, tone, accent, cadence, chant, inflection, tone of voice, pitch variation
Russian интонация, интона́ция, тон
Spanish cadencia, dejo, tono, entonación, modulación, tonalidad
French intonation, cadence, inflexion, phrasé, ton, modulation, tonalité
Turkish aksan, şive, ses tonu, tonlama
Portuguese entonação, entoação, modulação, tom
Italian cadenza, accento, calata, inflessione, tono, intonazione, modo di esprimere
Romanian accent, intonare, tonalitate
Hungarian hanghordozás, hanglejtés, hangnem, hangmagasság változása, intonáció
Polish intonacja, ton, akcent, zmiana tonu
Greek τόνος, τονισμός, τονικότητα, χρωματισμός
Dutch intonatie, toon, stembuiging, toonval, toonhoogte
Czech intonace, výslovnost, výška tónu
Swedish tonfall, intonation, tonläge
Danish tonefald, intonation, tone
Japanese トーン, 口調, 音調の変化
Catalan entonació, timbre, variació tonal
Finnish intonaatio, äänensävy, äänensävyn muutos
Norwegian tonefall, aksent, intonasjon
Basque ahots tono, intonazioa, tonu aldaketa
Serbian intonacija, naglasak, ton
Macedonian интонација, тон, тонска промена
Slovenian intonacija, naglas, ton
Slowakisch intonácia, prízvuk, zvukový prejav
Bosnian intonacija, naglasak, ton
Croatian intonacija, naglasak, ton
Ukrainian інтонація, тон, тональність
Bulgarian интонация, тон
Belorussian інтонацыя, тон
Hebrewגוון، טון
Arabicنبرة، نغمة
Persianلحن، تن صدا
Urduآواز کا انداز، لہجہ، آواز کا لہجہ، آواز کی تبدیلی

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Meanings and synonyms of Tonfall
  • [Sprache] Art und Weise, wie etwas ausgesprochen wird, zum Beispiel zum Ausdruck von Gefühlen, Veränderung der Tonhöhe beim Sprechen, Intonation, Sprachmelodie
  • [Sprache] Art und Weise, wie etwas ausgesprochen wird, zum Beispiel zum Ausdruck von Gefühlen, Veränderung der Tonhöhe beim Sprechen, Intonation, Sprachmelodie
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Declension forms of Tonfall

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Tonfall in all cases

The declension of Tonfall as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Tonfall is crucial.

Declension Tonfall

Singular Plural
Nom. der Tonfall die Tonfälle
Gen. des Tonfall(e)s der Tonfälle
Dat. dem Tonfall(e) den Tonfällen
Acc. den Tonfall die Tonfälle

Declension Tonfall

  • Singular: der Tonfall, des Tonfall(e)s, dem Tonfall(e), den Tonfall
  • Plural: die Tonfälle, der Tonfälle, den Tonfällen, die Tonfälle

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