Summary
fail
mangelhaft · ungenügend · ausfallen · mangeln · fehlen · nicht tun · verfehlen · nicht bestehen · unerledigt lassen
to fail {verb}
durchfallen · scheitern · versagen · fehlschlagen · missglücken · mißglücken · misslingen · versagen · zerscheitern
English-German translation for "fail"
"fail" German translation
fail
fail (also: inadequate, deficient, imperfect, impaired)
Campaigns run by the central government have failed due to the resistance of organised crime and corruption and the lack of flanking measures.
fail (also: inadequate, insufficient, unsatisfactory, insufficiently)
This is not about ticking a list and automatically giving a fail if five minuses appear on that list.
fail (also: to turn out, to fall out, to sample out)
to fail briefly
I hope that we are in a position to congratulate the French Presidency for its success; but if you fail, we shall be harsh in our
And you might think, well, "Boy, your life support system was failing you.
Here's where they realized the computer's failed.
fail (also: to mangle, lack, to be lacking)
The report also lacks clarity because it fails to define reproductive health.
This report totally fails to provide a balanced approach.
President-in-Office, if the Luxembourg presidency has failed your expectations, I hope you will not blame yourself.
We have heard a number of stories of failed coordination which has hampered the effectiveness of that aid.
Nonetheless, the Council failed to take any decisions to remedy the obvious shortcomings of the infrastructure of an enlarged Europe.
fail (also: to lack, to lapse, to be absent, to be away)
They must not fail to refer to the need for democracy!
Mr President, I must say that words fail me - and that is something that does not, I think, happen to me very often.
It is a shame that numerous Member States agree on the objectives but then fail to put them into practice.
Improved access by road and even by motorways, which we should not fail to build where they are still needed.
Words fail me.
The rules should prohibit gifts completely, but they fail to do so.
If we fail to do so, we shall be throwing away a valuable ally.
If you fail to do so, I believe that Parliament itself should take on this responsibility.
If we fail to do so, we shall regret it dearly later on.
Everything that we fail to do now to create peaceful structures there may rebound on us at some time in the future.
fail (also: to miss, to mistake)
Without a lever of this kind a central bank can fail to achieve its objectives.
This will mean that we fail to achieve our climate policy objectives and result in a climatic disaster.
It may even completely fail to achieve its purpose and produce the opposite result, for example if speed merchants see the publication of
In that case, it will, in my view, have failed in its mission and purpose.
In Scotland we have endured a draconian regime which has failed to achieve its objective.
If you fail the IQ test they ask you to leave the country.
fail an examination
to fail {verb}
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: fall through, to flop, to flunk)
But accession cannot be an examination in which candidates fail.
We must vote against this amendment, or else our own amendment will fail.
Vessels that fail the strict inspection controls will be immediately held in any port of the European Union.
to fail an examination
fail an examination
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to break down, to fall down)
Yet without the active involvement of women, the Lisbon agenda is bound to fail.
If we lose our grip on crime, we shall be destined to fail elsewhere too.
It is not the French Presidency that is going to succeed or fail in Nice.
The current fisheries policy is not sustainable and is therefore doomed to fail.
If you should fail, the Council will bear a great burden of responsibility.
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to flop, to break down, to fall down, to malfunction)
A lot of them already fail during installation, others fail months later.
If we fail there, we might as well give up any claim to involvement in world politics!
The use of force can only be justified if all other means fail.
Mr President, we cannot allow ourselves to fail this challenge.
This is where Europe, and also the Member States, fail to come up to scratch.
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to abort, to backfire, to miscarry, to miss)
Unless the people you're working with are behind you, this will fail.
If we do not succeed in that, we will fail in everything.
I for one would welcome sending troops into Kosovo if other solutions fail.
I would like to talk to you about why many e-health projects fail.
Our attempt to improve the environment of Europe has failed.
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to miscarry, to fizzle, to be unsuccessful)
to fail
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to miscarry, to fizzle, to be unsuccessful)
to fail
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to miscarry, failure)
We cannot and must not fail in our confrontation with history.
A lot has to be done in a very short time, but there is too much at stake for it to fail.
If the discussions fail, Cyprus must nonetheless be given the green light for membership in 2004 at the Copenhagen European Council this
relaunch a political process would fail.
In fact, we have failed, but it is nonetheless a step in the right direction.
to fail [failed|failed] {vb}
to fail [failed|failed] {vb} (also: to break down, to fall down)
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "fail":
Usage examples
Usage examples for "fail" in German
Similar words
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