fehlen
/ˈfeːlən/
for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an ‘of something’]; to be absent, to be missing [with dative ‘to someone’]; to be missed [with dative ‘by someone’]; to be felt
- er/sie/es
- fehlt
- past
- fehlte
- past participle
- gefehlt
Meanings
- 1
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)
Er wird ihr sehr fehlen.
She'll miss him a lot.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hat dir deine Familie gefehlt?
Did you miss your family?
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
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
Tom wird morgen wahrscheinlich fehlen.
Tom will probably be absent tomorrow.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 3
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
- 4
to be felt
- 5
to be absent, to be missing
Das Buch, das ich suche, scheint zu fehlen.
The book that I'm looking for seems to be missing.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 6
to failrare
- 7
to sin, to errrare
- 8
to missrare
Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | fehle | fehlte |
| du | fehlst | fehltest |
| er/sie/es | fehlt | fehlte |
| wir | fehlen | fehlten |
| ihr | fehlt | fehltet |
| sie/Sie | fehlen | fehlten |