fatal
German, adjective/faˈtaːl/
fatal is spelled F-A-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fatal is a German adjective meaning “fatal, having serious consequences, severe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehm, verhängnisvoll, peinlich”.
What does fatal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fatal, having serious consequences, severe
- 2
datedembarrassing, awkward, causing predicament
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unangenehm, verhängnisvoll, peinlich 2. ungünstig, schwerwiegend
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 fatal
- fataler masculine nominative singular
- am fatalsten superlative
- fatale feminine nominative singular
- fatales neuter nominative singular
- fatalen genitive masculine singular
- fatalem dative masculine singular
- der fatale definite includes-article masculine
- die fatale definite feminine includes-article
- das fatale definite includes-article neuter
- die fatalen definite includes-article nominative
- des fatalen definite genitive includes-article
- der fatalen definite feminine genitive
- dem fatalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fatal?
- /faˈtaːl/
- [faˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fatal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fatal in German?
fatal appears 3.0 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).