fehlen

Meaning

1. (impersonal,weak) for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
2. (weak) to be absent, to be missing [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English not have with the German subject as the direct object and the dative object as the subject)
3. (weak) to be missed [with dative ‘by someone’] (idiomatically translated by English miss with the German subject as the direct object and the dative object as the subject)
4. (regional,weak) to be felt
5. (intransitive,weak) to be absent, to be missing
6. (dated,weak) to fail
7. (literary,weak) to sin, to err

Concepts

lack

be missing

be absent

miss

be lacking

not to be

not to exist

slip

lack miss

fail

break

chip

crack

shed hair

go far away

end

visit

be short

be wrong

absent

fail to hit

reach

mistake

default

be out of

have run out of

need

be away

diss

Hyphenated as

feh‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfeːlən/

Etymology

From Middle High German vælen, velen, valen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallō. Cognate with English fail.

Sentences

Ein elektrisches Rührgerät darf in keiner Küche fehlen .

An electric stirrer must not be missing in any kitchen.

Detaillierte Angaben zur Brutbiologie fehlen .

Detailed information on breeding biology is missing.