German

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Etymology

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fehlen (to fail, err) +‎ -bar (-able)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːlˌbaːɐ̯/
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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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