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fehlen (weak,third-person singular presentfehlt,past tensefehlte,past participlegefehlt,auxiliaryhaben)

(impersonal) for there to be alack [withdative‘to someone/something’andan(+dative)‘of something’](idiomatically translated by Englishlack with the dative object as the subject)
Der Suppefehlt es an Geschmack.
The souplacks flavor.
tobe absent, to bemissing[withdative‘to someone’](idiomatically translated by Englishnot have with the German subject as the direct object and the dative object as the subject)
Ich würde es kaufen, aber mirfehlt das Geld.
I would buy it but Idon't have the money.
to bemissed[withdative‘by someone’](idiomatically translated by Englishmiss with the German subject as the direct object and the dative object as the subject)
Seit meinem Umzugfehlen mir meine Freunde.
I'vebeen missing my friends since I moved.
(regional) to befelt[withdative‘by someone’,along withetwas‘unwell’ornichts‘fine’]
Fehlt dir etwas? - Nein, mirfehlt nichts, danke! ―Do youfeel unwell? - No, I'mfine, thanks!
Wasfehlt ihr denn? ―What's wrong with her?
(intransitive) to beabsent, to bemissing
Das Gemäldefehlt an der Wand.
The paintingis missing from the wall.
(dated) tofail
(literary) tosin, toerr
- 1787,Friedrich Schiller,Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 3. Akt, 3. Auftritt:
  Sie hat / Aus falscher Großmuth sehrgefehlt. Ich werde / Sie zu bestrafen wissen.
  —from a false / Mistaken honor she has deeplyerred / And I shall punish her.

Note that the roles of subject and object are "reversed" from the English verbs that would be used to translatefehlen. For example:

Du fehlst mir. ―I miss you.

Ich fehle dir. ―You miss me.

When a location is given, the preposition used gives the location where what is missing is supposed to be. For example

Das Kissen ist auf dem Bett. ―The pillow is on the bed.

Das Kissen fehlt auf dem Bett. ―The pillow is missing from the bed.

The prepositionauf is used rather thanaus orvon.

Conjugation offehlen (weak, auxiliaryhaben)

¹Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.

Composed forms offehlen (weak, auxiliaryhaben)