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ausfallen

German, verb

ausfallen is spelled A-U-S-F-A-L-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausfallen is a German verb meaning “to sortie, to sally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, ausfällen is a different word: “to precipitate”. On this page, Ausfällen is a different word: “dative plural of Ausfall”. With a capital, Ausfallen is a different word: “gerund of ausfallen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen”.

What does ausfallen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to sortie, to sally

  2. 2

    to fail, malfunction, to go off

  3. 3

    to be canceled

  4. 4

    colloquialto turn out

    etwas fällt gut, schlecht, zufriedenstellend aus

verb

as ausfällen
  1. 1

    to precipitate

noun

as Ausfällen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Ausfall

noun

as Ausfallen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of ausfallen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen 2. Personen 3. Maschinen oder sonstiges 4. auf biologischem Wege verlieren

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 ausfallen

  • fällt aus present singular third-person
  • fiel aus past
  • ausgefallen participle past
  • sein auxiliary
  • 7 strong
  • ausfallend participle present
  • auszufallen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • falle aus first-person indicative present
  • fallen aus first-person indicative plural
  • fällst aus indicative present second-person
  • fallt aus indicative plural present
  • fallest aus second-person singular subjunctive
  • fallet aus plural second-person subjunctive
  • fielen aus first-person indicative plural
  • fiele aus first-person singular subjunctive
  • fielst aus indicative preterite second-person
  • fielt aus indicative plural preterite
  • fielest aus second-person singular subjunctive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to ausfallen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ausfallen in German?

ausfallen appears 10 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).

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