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Etymology edit

Unfall (accident) +‎ Wagen (car)

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Noun edit

Unfallwagen m (strong, genitive Unfallwagens, plural Unfallwagen)

  1. a car that has been affected by an accident
    Die Firma kauft Unfallwagen auf und verteibt die Einzelteile.
    The company buys up damaged cars and sells the components.
  2. (in a particular accident especially) the car that caused the accident
    Der Unfallwagen kam von der Fahrbahn ab und stieß frontal in anderes Fahrzeug.
    The responsible car ran off the road and crashed frontally into another vehicle.

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