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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. 1

    fatal, having serious consequences, severe

  2. 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).

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