# die höhere Gewalt

die höhere Gewalt is a German noun meaning “force majeure”. Forms: der höherer Gewalt.

## Forms

- Genitive: der höherer Gewalt

## In other languages

- Русский: форс-мажо́р

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hoch, Gewalt.
2. _no plural_ force majeure; act of God (an event for which someone cannot be held responsible because it was out of their capacity to influence or foresee it)
   - Bei Streik wird einem seine Zugfahrkarte nicht erstattet, da das höhere Gewalt ist. — In case of a strike, you’re not reimbursed for your train ticket, because that’s force majeure.

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