verb#1,675 by frequency

einfallen

/ˈaɪ̯nˌfalən/

to occur, to come; to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’]; for there to be a memory [with dative ‘to someone’]; to invade

Meanings

1
to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English think of with the dative object as the subject)
- Er wird sich etwas einfallen lassen.
  He's going to come up with something.
  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Wir müssen uns einen neuen Plan einfallen lassen.
  We need to come up with a new plan.
  Tatoeba · brauchinet · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
for there to be a memory [with dative ‘to someone’] — idiomatically translated by English remember with the dative object as the subject
3
to invade
4
to collapse, to fall in