Einzelfall
German, noun[ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌfal]
Einzelfall is spelled E-I-N-Z-E-L-F-A-L-L (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einzelfall is a German masculine noun meaning “individual case; isolated case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einmaliges Ereignis, einmalige Erscheinung”.
What does Einzelfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineindividual case; isolated case
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einmaliges Ereignis, einmalige Erscheinung 2. konkreter, individueller Fall
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 Einzelfall
- Einzelfalles genitive
- Einzelfalls genitive
- Einzelfälle plural
- Einzelfalle dative singular
- Einzelfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Einzelfall?
- [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Einzelfall in German?
Einzelfall appears 14 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).