Notfall
German, noun/ˈnoːtfal/
Notfall is spelled N-O-T-F-A-L-L (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notfall is a German masculine noun meaning “emergency, distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzliche, gefährliche Situation”.
What does Notfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemergency, distress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plötzliche, gefährliche Situation
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 Notfall
- Notfalles genitive
- Notfalls genitive
- Notfälle plural
- Notfalle dative singular
- Notfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Notfall?
- /ˈnoːtfal/
- [ˈnoːtˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Notfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Notfall in German?
Notfall appears 12 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).