Definition
Something done incorrectly or an incorrect result.
Translations
- English
- mistake
- Français
- erreur
- Türkçe
- hata
- Polski
- błąd
- Русский
- ошибка
- Українська
- помилка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Fehler
- A1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Communication
mistake
/deːɐ̯ ˈfeːlɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Fehler
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Fehler war sofort erkennbar.NominativSing.The error was immediately recognizable.
- Sie korrigierte den Fehler.AkkusativSing.She corrected the error.
- Er lernte aus dem Fehler.DativSing.He learned from the error.
- Die Ursache des Fehlers blieb unklar.GenitivSing.The cause of the error remained unclear.
- Fehler passieren jedem.NominativPlur.Everyone makes mistakes.
- Wir vermeiden solche Fehler.AkkusativPlur.We avoid such errors.
- Aus Fehlern kann man lernen.DativPlur.One can learn from mistakes.
- Die Folgen der Fehler waren deutlich.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the errors were clear.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Fehler/ˈfeːlɐ/
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Article phrase
der Fehler/deːɐ̯ ˈfeːlɐ/
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Plural
Fehler/ˈfeːlɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Fehler | die Fehler |
| Akkusativ | den Fehler | die Fehler |
| Dativ | dem Fehler | den Fehlern |
| Genitiv | des Fehlers | der Fehler |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Fehler machen
- Adjective combinationschwerer Fehler
- Prepositional constructionaus einem Fehler lernenaus + Dativ
- Collocationeinen Fehler erkennen
- Collocationeinen Fehler korrigieren
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymIrrtum
A Fehler is generally something incorrect; a Irrtum particularly concerns a false assumption or assessment.
- Narrower termFehlentscheidung
A Fehlentscheidung is a specific Fehler in a decision, whereas Fehler can also concern actions or results.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- fehlen
- fehlerhaft