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Where does “Unfall” come from?

Unfall (German) comes from Middle High German unval.

Unfall (German): accident

Definitions

  1. accident

Ancestry of “Unfall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanunval—

Words derived from “Unfall”

  • Autounfall
  • Kernreaktorunfall
  • Verkehrsunfall
  • unfallfrei
  • Arbeitsunfall
  • Reaktorunfall
  • unfallflüchtig
Every word from Middle High German unval →