fatal

C1 Adjective frequency rank #8,235

What fatal means

Adjective

fatal, having serious consequences, severe

Pronunciation

fatal in a sentence

Ein kleiner Fehler kann in diesem Beruf fatale Folgen haben.

A small mistake can have serious consequences in this profession.

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fatal is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #8,235 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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