fehlen — to lack, to be missing, to be absent in German
verbA1
Pronunciation
/ˈfe:lən/
Quick Facts
Level
A1
Frequency
80/100
Source Rank
#453
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Example Sentences
Ihr fehlt gesunder Menschenverstand.
She lacks common sense.
Das Buch, das ich suche, scheint zu fehlen.
The book I'm looking for seems to be missing.
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Corpus Neighbors
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to be
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to become, to get, will
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to have
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können
to be able to, can, may
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sagen
to say, to tell
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geben
to give, to provide
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müssen
to have to, to need to, to must
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sollen
should, shall, to ought to, to be supposed to
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