Unfall
German
Etymology
From Middle High German unval, ungeval. Analysable as un- (“bad, grave”) + Fall (“case, situation”). Compare Dutch ongeval.
Pronunciation
Noun
Unfall m (strong, genitive Unfalles or Unfalls, plural Unfälle)
Usage notes
- A fatal accident is more likely to be called Unglück; see the latter for more.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Unfall | die | Unfälle |
| genitive | eines | des | Unfalles, Unfalls | der | Unfälle |
| dative | einem | dem | Unfall, Unfalle1 | den | Unfällen |
| accusative | einen | den | Unfall | die | Unfälle |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
compound nouns beginning with Unfall
- Unfallauto
- Unfallfahrzeug
- Unfallort
- Unfallschaden
- Unfallstelle
- Unfallursache
- Unfallversicherung
- Unfallwagen
- Unfallwahrscheinlichkeit
compound nouns ending with Unfall
- Arbeitsunfall
- Autounfall
- Bahnunfall
- Bergunfall
- Betriebsunfall
- Flugunfall
- Haushaltsunfall
- Kernreaktorunfall
- Reaktorunfall
- Schiffsunfall
- Seeunfall
- Sportunfall
- Straßenverkehrsunfall
- Unfallflucht
- Verkehrsunfall
- Wildunfall
verb
- verunfallen
Further reading
- “Unfall” in Duden online
- “Unfall”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Unfall” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Unfall on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Unfall”, in Cambridge German–English Dictionary[2]
- “Unfall” in Collins German–English Dictionary
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈunfal/
Noun
Unfall m (plural Unfell)
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Unfall”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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