Fehlen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absence noun The state of not being in a place where one is expected.
- absent adj Not present in a place where one is expected to be.
- fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
- goof noun A mistake or blunder.
- lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
- mistake noun An action, decision, or belief that is wrong or incorrect.
Senses
Fehlen is used for these senses in English:
- absence Lack; deficiency; non-existence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- absent (intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]
- fault (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
- goof (US) To make a mistake.
- lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
- rule out (transitive) To make unavailable.
absence — full definition
- noun The state of not being in a place where one is expected.
- noun A lack or non-existence of something.
absent — full definition
- adj Not present in a place where one is expected to be.
- adj Distracted or lost in thought; not paying attention to what is happening.
- verb To deliberately keep oneself away from somewhere.
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