fehlen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vælen, velen, valen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallō. Cognate with English fail. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeːlən/, [ˈfeːln̩] Hyphenation: feh‧len === Verb === fehlen (weak, third-person singular present fehlt, past tense fehlte, past participle gefehlt, auxiliary haben) (impersonal) 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) (regional) to be felt [with dative ‘by someone’, along with etwas ‘unwell’ or nichts ‘fine’] Fehlt dir etwas? - Nein, mir fehlt nichts, danke! ― Do you feel unwell? - No, I'm fine, thanks! Was fehlt ihr denn? ― What's wrong with her? (intransitive) to be absent, to be missing (dated) to fail (literary) to sin, to err ==== Usage notes ==== Note that the roles of subject and object are "reversed" from the English verbs that would be used to translate fehlen. For example: Du fehlst mir. ― I miss you. Ich fehle dir. ― You miss me. When a location is given, the preposition used gives the location where what is missing is supposed to be. For example Das Kissen ist auf dem Bett. ― The pillow is on the bed. Das Kissen fehlt auf dem Bett. ― The pillow is missing from the bed. The preposition auf is used rather than aus or von. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== verfehlen ==== Related terms ==== Fehl Fehler ==== Descendants ==== → Greater Polish: felować → Kashubian: felowac === Further reading === “fehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fehlen” in Duden online “fehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de === Anagrams === helfen