fehlleiten
German, verb
fehlleiten is spelled F-E-H-L-L-E-I-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fehlleiten is a German verb meaning “to misdirect, to misguide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fehlleiten is a different word: “gerund of fehlleiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf den falschen Weg schicken”.
What does fehlleiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to misdirect, to misguide
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fehlleiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf den falschen Weg schicken 2. eine falsche Entwicklung nehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fehlleiten
- leitet fehl present singular third-person
- leitete fehl past
- fehlgeleitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fehlleitend participle present
- fehlzuleiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- leite fehl first-person indicative present
- leiten fehl first-person indicative plural
- leitest fehl indicative present second-person
- leiteten fehl first-person indicative plural
- leitetest fehl indicative preterite second-person
- leitetet fehl indicative plural preterite
- leit fehl! imperative singular
- leite fehl! imperative singular
- leitet fehl! imperative plural
- fehlgeleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- fehlgeleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- fehlgeleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fehlleiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fehlleiten in German?
fehlleiten appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).