| Subject | English | German |
| gen. | fatal error | schwerwiegender Fehler |
| law | fatal error | ein unbehebbarer Fehler |
| IT, el. | fatal error | schwerer Fehler |
| comp., MS | fatal error | schwerwiegender Fehler (An error that causes the system or a program to fail abruptly with no hope of recovery. An example of a fatal error is an uncaught exception that cannot be handled) |
| law | fatal error | ein schwerer Fehler |
| gen. | fatal error | fataler Fehler |