feile

verbverb

to err, to fail · to do wrong · to be the matter with, to ail

EtymologyOpphav

gjennom lavtysk, fra fransk faillir; samme opprinnelse som fallereto fail, to go wrong · to decline, to go downhill · to go bankrupt through Low German, from French faillir; same origin as fallereto fail, to go wrong · to decline, to go downhill · to go bankrupt

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

ta feil;
mislykkesto fail · to go wrong, to turn out badly to be mistaken;
to failmislykkes
- han har prøvd og feilet mange ganger he has tried and failed many times
- å feile er menneskelig to err is human
begå et feiltrinn (2)a transgression;
handle uriktig to commit a transgressionfeiltrinn (2);
to act wrongly
- han feilet, men har sonet straffen he did wrong, but he has served his sentence
være i veien med to be the matter with, to ail
- hva er det som feiler deg? what is the matter with you?
- det er alltid noe som feiler henne there is always something wrong with her