Zufall
German, noun/ˈt͡suːˌfal/
Zufall is spelled Z-U-F-A-L-L (6 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zufall is a German masculine noun meaning “chance, coincidence, randomness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das nicht Vorhersehbare, das nicht Beabsichtigte”.
What does Zufall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechance, coincidence, randomness
durch / per Zufall.
- 2
masculineobsoletesynonym of Anfall (“fit; seizure”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das nicht Vorhersehbare, das nicht Beabsichtigte 2. der Zufall als tätiges Subjekt 3. plötzliche, deutliche Veränderung der Gesundheit, die nicht näher bezeichnet werden kann
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 Zufall
- Zufalles genitive
- Zufalls genitive
- Zufälle plural
- Zufalle dative singular
- Zufällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zufall?
- /ˈt͡suːˌfal/
- [ˈt͡suːˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zufall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zufall in German?
Zufall appears 29 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).