GAU

See also: gau, Gau, gấu, and gâu

German

Etymology

Calque of English maximum credible accident.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Noun

GAU m

1. Initialism of größter anzunehmender Unfall (“worst possible or foreseeable accident”): the worst possible accident considered for controlling, engineering, or planning when designing something such as a nuclear or industrial plant
2. (figurative) worst case scenario

Derived terms

• Super-GAU

Related terms

• DAU

Further reading

• Auslegungsstörfall on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de