verhängnisvoll
Translation
fateful, disastrous, fatal
Examples
Das war eine verhängnisvolle Entscheidung.
That was a fateful decision.
Der Fehler hatte verhängnisvolle Folgen.
The mistake had disastrous consequences.
Grammar Patterns
a fateful/disastrous ((sth.)) He made a fateful mistake.
Similar Words
Synonyms: fatal, katastrophal (catastrophic); Antonyms: glücklich (fortunate), vorteilhaft (advantageous)
Etymology
From `das Verhängnis` (doom, fate) + `-voll` (full of). So, literally 'full of doom'.
Memory Tips
Imagine something is 'full (`-voll`) of doom (`Verhängnis`)'. This leads to a `verhängnisvoll` outcome.