Fehltritt
German, noun[ˈfeːlˌtʁɪt]
Fehltritt is spelled F-E-H-L-T-R-I-T-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fehltritt is a German masculine noun meaning “misstep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine moralisch betrachtet falsche Tat”.
What does Fehltritt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemisstep
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine moralisch betrachtet falsche Tat 2. falscher Schritt beim Gehen, sodass man ungünstig mit dem Fuß aufsetzt
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 Fehltritt
- Fehltrittes genitive
- Fehltritts genitive
- Fehltritte plural
- Fehltritten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fehltritt?
- [ˈfeːlˌtʁɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fehltritt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fehltritt in German?
Fehltritt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).