Deverbal noun from anfallen (“to set upon, attack, overwhelm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈanfal/

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Anfall m (strong, genitive Anfalles or Anfalls, plural Anfälle)

1. (now rare) swift attack (military or criminal)
2. fit; seizure; attack (medical or emotional)
3. yield; volume; quantum (an amount or number of something, especially one that varies somewhat irregularly between periods of time)

   Der Anfall an Krankmeldungen ist in diesem Quartal besonders niedrig.

   The number of people calling in sick has been unusually low this quarter.

• epileptischer Anfall (“epileptic seizure, epileptic fit”)
• Herzanfall (“heart attack”)
• Hustenanfall (“coughing attack, coughing fit, fit of coughing”)
• Lachanfall (“laughing fit, fit of laughter”)
• Wutanfall (“tantrum, fit of rage”)

• anfällig

• Angriff
• Abfall, Ausfall, Durchfall, Zufall, Zwischenfall
• Fall

• “Anfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Anfall” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Anfall” in Duden online