Härtefall
German, noun
Härtefall is spelled H-Ä-R-T-E-F-A-L-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Härtefall is a German masculine noun meaning “case of hardship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Härtefall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecase of hardship
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Härtefall
- Härtefalles genitive
- Härtefalls genitive
- Härtefälle plural
- Härtefalle dative singular
- Härtefällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Härtefall?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Härtefall in German?
Härtefall appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).