adjectiveadverb
fehlerhaft
faulty
Meaning (English)
fehlerhaft means faulty, defective, erroneous, or containing errors. It describes something that has mistakes or is not functioning/constructed correctly.
Common contexts:
- a faulty device: ein fehlerhaftes Gerät
- an incorrect statement: eine fehlerhafte Aussage
- a buggy program / flawed code: ein fehlerhaftes Programm
Word parts
- Fehler = error, mistake, fault
- -haft = a suffix meaning having, characterized by
So fehlerhaft literally means “having errors / characterized by mistakes.”
Multiple meanings / nuances
- Incorrect / erroneous (content is wrong)
- fehlerhafte Berechnung = incorrect calculation
- Defective / faulty (something doesn’t work properly)
- fehlerhafte Ware = defective goods
German synonyms
- falsch (wrong)
- irrig (erroneous)
- inkorrekt (incorrect)
- unrichtig (not correct)
- mangelhaft (deficient, substandard)
- defekt (broken/defective; more about function than correctness)
- fehlerbehaftet (containing errors; close in meaning, often technical)
German antonyms
- fehlerfrei (free of errors)
- korrekt (correct)
- richtig (right/correct)
- einwandfrei (flawless, impeccable)
- ordnungsgemäß (proper, in accordance with rules)
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Der Bericht ist fehlerhaft.adjective
The report is faulty.
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