feilet

Feilet is the past participle of the Norwegian verb feile, meaning to fail or to err. It is used to indicate that something has not succeeded or has gone wrong and can function in various tenses or as a predicative descriptor. Commonly, you would hear or read phrases such as “Prosjektet har feilet” (the project has failed) or “Forsøket feilet” (the attempt failed).

Conjugation and usage typically follow Bokmål patterns. The present tense is feiler; the simple past is feilte; the past participle is feilet. The present perfect is formed with the auxiliary har, as in “har feilet.” In sentences, feilet often describes projects, actions, tests, or processes that did not succeed or produced an error. It can also appear in more technical contexts to indicate a failure in a system or operation.

Etymology and related terms: feile derives from Old Norse and is related to other Germanic forms such as Danish fejle and English fail. The noun form feil denotes fault or error, and related adjectives include mislykket (failed) and feil (wrong).

Notes on usage: feilet emphasizes the outcome of not succeeding, rather than the act of attempting. It is commonly contrasted with synonyms such as mislykkes (to fail in the sense of being unsuccessful) or å gjøre feil (to make a mistake). In many contexts, especially in formal or written Norwegian, feilet conveys a completed failure, while used in active voice the sense remains clear from context.