crasht

Crasht is a term that appears primarily as a verb form derived from the English word crash. It is common in German and Dutch to describe a failure or collision, functioning as the present tense third-person singular form of the borrowed verb crash or crashen. In German, phrases such as Der Computer crasht express that a program stops responding. In Dutch, De applicatie crasht vaak similarly conveys frequent crashing.

In computing, crasht denotes an abnormal termination of software, often followed by a need to restart. Crashes can result from software bugs, memory errors, or resource exhaustion, and are typically investigated through error reports, logs, and user feedback. In automotive and transport contexts, crasht can describe a collision or impact, though the word is more commonly rendered in English as crash.

The capitalization crasht is usually lowercase unless it appears at the start of a sentence or as a title. There is no widely recognized brand, product, or organization officially named Crasht; rather, it appears mainly as a grammatical form in German and Dutch. When English speakers encounter crasht, it is often a misspelling or a direct quote of a German or Dutch sentence.

See also: crash, crash report, software crash, vehicle collision.