Fehlern

Fehlern is the dative plural form of the German noun Fehler, meaning errors or faults. It appears when the noun is used in contexts that require the dative case and is typically written without an article, for example after prepositions that govern the dative.

In practical use, Fehlern is most common in phrases describing or accounting for mistakes. The form often occurs with determiners or quantifiers that mark the dative plural, such as vielen Fehlern. For instance, German sentences may use Fehlern in constructions like mit vielen Fehlern or gegenüber den Fehlern, depending on the presence of an article and the syntactic role of the noun.

Grammatically, Fehler is a masculine noun (der Fehler). Its plural nominative and accusative form is Fehler, while the dative plural takes the form Fehlern, especially in bare or prepositional phrases. When an article is present, the dative plural becomes den Fehlern (mit den Fehlern, gegenüber den Fehlern).

Usage notes and context: Fehlern serves to refer to multiple errors in a context requiring the dative case, such as describing circumstances, evaluating documents, or discussing improvements. It is not a separate lexical item beyond the inflected form; rather, it is the standard way to express “to/for the errors” or “with the errors” in German syntax.

See also: Fehler, Fehlerkultur, German grammar, inflection.