Failure

"Failure" in German

Ausfall

(state or condition opposite of success)

Ausfall

(termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Fehlschlag

(state or condition opposite of success)

Misserfolg

(state or condition opposite of success)

Misslingen

(state or condition opposite of success)

Niete

(object or person incapable of success)

Panne

(termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Pleite

(termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Versagen

(state or condition opposite of success)

Versagen

(termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function)

Versager

(object or person incapable of success)

Versagerin

(object or person incapable of success)

Verschlechterung

(state or condition opposite of success)

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