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feil homograph 1

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

mistake, error · fault, defect · fault, blame

EtymologyOpphav

gjennom lavtysk, fra fransk faille; beslektet med fallereto fail, to go wrong · to decline, to go downhill · to go bankrupt through Low German, from French faille; related to fallereto fail, to go wrong · to decline, to go downhill · to go bankrupt

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. noe som er ufullkomment eller i uorden;
    lytea flaw, a defect, a blemish, skavanka defect, a flaw, a blemish     something that is imperfect or out of order;
    flawlyte, a defectskavank
    • alle har sine feil everybody has their faults
    • en ubetydelig feil a trivial fault
    • skjulte feil hidden faults
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som hjertefeila heart defect, a heart condition
  2. noe som er uriktig;
    mistaka mistake, an error, a blunder     something that is incorrect;
    mistakemistak
    • det er begått en feil an error has been made
    • få feil på et regnestykke to get a sum wrong
    • det er en vanlig feil that is a common error
    • teknisk feil a technical fault
    • det var min feil it was my fault
    • være redd for å gjøre feil to be afraid of making mistakes
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som skrivefeila spelling mistake, a typo, a writing error, trykkfeila misprint, a typographical error