🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fehler

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfeːlɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blunder/ˈblʌn.dər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er machte einen Fehler während der Präsentation."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A careless or stupid mistake.

    "He made a blunder during the presentation that cost him the deal."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make a careless mistake.

    "She blundered when she forgot to save her work."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'blunder' originates from the Middle English 'blunderen', which is of uncertain origin, possibly related to the Old Norse 'blundra', meaning to stumble or to make a mistake. Over time, it evolved to encompass both the act of making a mistake and the mistake itself.

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