Dictionary
fehlen
Meaning
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- to be felt
- to be absent, to be missing
- to fail
- to sin, to err
Hyphenated as
feh‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfeːlən/
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