Polyglot Dictionary

fatal

/faˈtaːl/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. fatal

    • Das war ein fataler Fehler.

      That was a fatal mistake.

Similar words

tödlich

Close synonyms for "fatal, deadly"; fatal can also mean "disastrous" more loosely, not just literally deadly.

Similar in other languages

French

fatal

fatal is the French word for the same thing — both mean "fatal."

Portuguese

fatal

fatal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fatal."

Practice

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