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
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Fehler ist leicht zu finden.NominativSing.The mistake is easy to find.
- Ich habe einen Fehler in der Aufgabe gemacht.AkkusativSing.I made a mistake in the exercise.
- Der Lehrer erklärt mir den Fehler.AkkusativSing.The teacher explains the mistake to me.
- Aus diesem Fehler lerne ich.DativSing.I learn from this mistake.
- Fehler passieren jedem.NominativPlur.Everyone makes mistakes.
- Bitte korrigiere die Fehler.AkkusativPlur.Please correct the mistakes.
- Aus Fehlern kann man viel lernen.DativPlur.You can learn a lot from mistakes.
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/
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
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
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Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word