No. 11,618 in German
stromausfälle
Power outages.
In a sentence
Die Stromausfälle waren in der letzten Woche häufiger als gewöhnlich.
The power outages were more frequent than usual last week.
Here, 'Stromausfälle' is used as the plural noun referring to occurrences of power shortages.
Wegen der Stromausfälle mussten viele Geschäfte vorzeitig schließen.
Because of the power outages, many businesses had to close early.
In this sentence, 'Stromausfälle' is the cause of the following action, highlighting its impact.
Techniker arbeiten daran, zukünftige Stromausfälle zu verhindern.
Technicians are working to prevent future power outages.
The word 'Stromausfälle' refers here to potential future shortages that are aimed to be avoided.
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