Ausfall
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯sfal/
Ausfall is spelled A-U-S-F-A-L-L (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausfall is a German masculine noun meaning “failure, loss, breakdown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Versagen oder Verlust eines Systems oder eines seiner Teile”.
What does Ausfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefailure, loss, breakdown
- 2
masculineoutage
- 3
masculinedeficiency
- 4
masculinesortie
- 5
masculineabuse, attack, invective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Versagen oder Verlust eines Systems oder eines seiner Teile 2. Uneinbringbarkeit von Ansprüchen; Zahlungsausfall 3. offensiver Gegenangriff, zum Beispiel der von Belagerten in einer Festung auf den Belagerer 4. aggressive Äußerung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ausfall
- Ausfalls genitive
- Ausfalles genitive uncommon
- Ausfälle plural
- Ausfalle dative singular uncommon
- Ausfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ausfall?
- /ˈaʊ̯sfal/
- [ˈʔaʊ̯sfal]
- [ˈaʊ̯sfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ausfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ausfall in German?
Ausfall appears 8.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).