Declension of German noun Tonfall with plural and article

The most important forms of "Tonfall" are: genitive singular "Tonfall(e)s" and nominative plural "Tonfälle". “Tonfall” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are es/ä-e. In the plural, an umlaut occurs. “Tonfall” is masculine. The article is “der Tonfall”. “Tonfall” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Tonfall but also all German nouns. Comments

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

der Tonfall

Tonfall(e)s · Tonfälle

Endings es/ä-e   Plural with umlaut  

⁴ Usage seldom

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

/ˈtoːnˌfal/ · /ˈtoːnˌfaləs/ · /ˈtoːnˌfɛlə/

[…, 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/Tonfalle
Acc. denTonfall

Plural

Nom. dieTonfälle
Gen. derTonfälle
Dat. denTonfällen
Acc. dieTonfälle

⁶ Only in exalted use⁴ Usage seldom


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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, pitch variation, tone of voice
Russian интонация, тон, интона́ция
Spanish entonación, cadencia, dejo, modulación, tonalidad, tono
French intonation, cadence, inflexion, modulation, phrasé, ton, tonalité
Turkish ses tonu, aksan, tonlama, şive
Portuguese entonação, entoação, modulação, tom
Italian cadenza, intonazione, accento, calata, inflessione, modo di esprimere, tono
Romanian intonare, tonalitate, accent
Hungarian hanghordozás, hanglejtés, hangmagasság változása, hangnem, intonáció
Polish intonacja, akcent, ton, zmiana tonu
Greek τονισμός, τονικότητα, τόνος, χρωματισμός
Dutch intonatie, toon, stembuiging, toonhoogte, toonval
Czech intonace, výslovnost, výška tónu
Swedish intonation, tonfall, tonläge
Danish intonation, tone, tonefald
Japanese トーン, 口調, 音調の変化
Catalan entonació, timbre, variació tonal
Finnish intonaatio, äänensävy, äänensävyn muutos
Norwegian tonefall, intonasjon, aksent
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
Indonesian intonasi
Vietnamese giọng điệu
Uzbek ovoz ohangi
Hindi लहजा
Chinese 语气
Thai น้ำเสียง
Korean 어조
Azerbaijani səs tonu
Georgian ხმის ტონი
Bengali আওয়াজের সুর
Albanian toni i zërit
Marathi लहजा
Nepali आवाजको लहजा
Telugu ఆవాజ టోన్
Latvian intonācija
Tamil குரலின் லஹஜா
Estonian intonatsioon
Armenian ձայնի երանգ
Kurdish tonê dengê
Hebrewגוון، טון
Arabicنبرة، نغمة
Persianتن صدا، لحن
Urduآواز کا انداز، آواز کا لہجہ، آواز کی تبدیلی، لہجہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Tonfall

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

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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Tonfall"

The noun “Tonfall” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Tonfall” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Tonfall" declined?

“Tonfall” is masculine. The article is “der Tonfall”.

Is “Tonfall” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Tonfall” is masculine. The article is “der Tonfall”.

What is the singular of "Tonfall"?

The singular of “Tonfall” is: der Tonfall. The singular forms are: der Tonfall (nominative), des Tonfall(e)s (genitive), dem Tonfall(e) (dative) and den Tonfall (accusative).

What is the plural of “Tonfall”?

The singular of “Tonfall” is: die Tonfälle. The singular forms are: die Tonfälle (nominative), der Tonfälle (genitive), den Tonfällen (dative) and die Tonfälle (accusative).

At what language level is “Tonfall” used?

“Tonfall” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Tonfall”?

In the plural, an umlaut occurs.

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.

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