Fehlschlag
German, noun/ˈfeːlˌʃlaːk/
Fehlschlag is spelled F-E-H-L-S-C-H-L-A-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fehlschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “failure, miss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schlag, der sein Ziel verfehlt”.
What does Fehlschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefailure, miss
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schlag, der sein Ziel verfehlt 2. misslungenes Vorhaben
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 Fehlschlag
- Fehlschlages genitive
- Fehlschlags genitive
- Fehlschläge plural
- Fehlschlage dative singular
- Fehlschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fehlschlag?
- /ˈfeːlˌʃlaːk/
- [ˈfeːlˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fehlschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fehlschlag in German?
Fehlschlag appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).