fehlbar

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fehlen (to fail, err) +‎ -bar (-able)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːlˌbaːɐ̯/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

fehlbar (strong nominative masculine singular fehlbarer, comparative fehlbarer, superlative am fehlbarsten)

  1. fallible
  2. (Switzerland) guilty (of a crime, transgression, etc.)
  3. (Switzerland) sickly

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Further reading[edit]

  • fehlbar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fehlbar” in Duden online
  • fehlbar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon