fehlen

to be missing, to be absent

A1 rank #982

Meanings

Verb

to be missing, to be absent
for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the...
to be missed [with dative ‘by someone’] (idiomatically translated by English miss with the German subject as the direct object and the dative object as the subject)
to be felt

Das Buch, das ich suche, scheint zu fehlen.

The book that I'm looking for seems to be missing.

infinitive fehlen

he/she/it fehlt

simple past fehlte

perfect hat gefehlt

takes an + Dativ