Noun: fel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | fel |
| Sg. Def. | felet |
| Pl. Indef. | fel |
| Pl. Def. | felen |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fels |
| Sg. Def. | felets |
| Pl. Indef. | fels |
| Pl. Def. | felens |
Sample Sentences
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Jag erkänner, jag gjorde fel (I admit, I made a mistake / I did wrong (can mean morally or otherwise))
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Han har fel (He is wrong ("has wrong" – idiomatic))
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Vi hittade flera fel i artikeln (We found several errors in the article)
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Det är något fel på datorn (There is something wrong with the computer)
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Två fel gör inte ett rätt (Two wrongs don't make a right (idiomatic))
Nouns inflected like fel
fraktfartyg,
narkotikabeslag,
kombinationsfält,
urinrör,
civilutskott,
urklipp,
rumpknull,
symtom,
synfel,
blogginlägg,
system,
syskon,
bubbelbad,
sexköp,
sekret,
seldon,
urspråk,
samråd,
samtal,
samlag, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
See Norwegian feil and Danish fejl. Used in Swedish at least since 1527. For the adverb, the now obsolete form felt was the dominant written form until the mid 19th century.
Verbs referencing "fel"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
feil.
Translations