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German-English Dictionary: [mistake]

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grave {adj} [serious (mistake, defect, etc.)]: gravierend [geh.] [schwerwiegend]
serious {adj} [mistake, consequences etc.]: schwerwiegend
slight {adj} [insignificant] [e.g. mistake, error]: unbedeutend [klein, geringfügig] [z. B. Fehler]
serious {adj} [illness, mistake, disappointment etc.]: schwer [schwerwiegend, ernst]
sb. fluffed [made a mistake, e.g. when reading lines in a play]: jd. patzte
to goof [esp. Am.] [coll.] [make a mistake]: patzen [ugs.]
es vermasseln [ugs.]
to blunder [make a stupid or careless mistake]: murksen [ugs.] [pej.]
patzen [ugs.] [kleinere Fehler machen, fehlerhaft arbeiten]
to belittle sth. [a mistake, sb.'s worries, etc.]: etw.^Akk. verniedlichen [einen Fehler, jds. Sorgen etc.]
to overlook sth. [a mistake etc. while reading]: etw.^Akk. überlesen [Fehler etc. übersehen]
to goof [esp. Am.] [coll.] [make a silly mistake]: einen dummen Fehler machen
to slip [make a mistake]: einen Fehler machen
to slip [stumble, make a mistake]: einen Fehltritt begehen
slip [careless mistake]: Flüchtigkeitsfehler {m}
Schusselfehler {m} [ugs.] [Flüchtigkeitsfehler]
lapse [mistake, omission]: Versäumnis {n} [Fehler]
slip [mistake]: Ausrutscher {m} [ugs.]
Patzer {m} [ugs.]
Fehler {m}
Schnitzer {m} [ugs.] [Fehler]
oversight [careless mistake]: Flüchtigkeitsfehler {m}
ricket [Br.] [sl.] [mistake, error]: Fehler {m}
boob [Br.] [coll.] [error, mistake]: Patzer {m} [ugs.]
blue [Aus., NZ] [coll.] [mistake]: Fehler {m}
clinker [Am.] [Can.] [coll.] [mistake, blunder]: Patzer {m} [ugs.]
ohnosecond [coll.] [hum.] [also: onosecond] [the moment in which one realizes that one has made a serious mistake, typically by pressing the wrong key on a computer keyboard]: [der Moment, wo einem klar wird, dass man gerade einen gewaltigen Fehler gemacht hat, typischerweise ein falscher Tastendruck]
sb. hushed (up) [concealed a mistake etc.]: jd. vertuschte
to be wrong [to have made a mistake]: verkehrt liegen [ugs.] [sich irren, unrecht haben]
to slip through [mistake]: durchgehen [Fehler]
to trip sb. up [fig.] [to cause sb. to make a mistake]: jdn. aufs Glatteis führen [fig.]
to trip up [fig.] [make a mistake]: einen Fehler machen
expensive mistake [a mistake with severe consequences]: teurer Spaß {m} [ugs.]idiom
literal (error) [mistake in handwriting]: Schreibfehler {m}
scribal error [copyist's mistake]: Schreibfehler {m} [Abschreibfehler, bes. in alten Handschriften]
to be left behind [by mistake]: vergessen werden
to burn one's fingers [idiom] [make an expensive mistake]: sich^Dat. die Pfoten verbrennen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
to pull a boner [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [to make a stupid mistake]: sich^Dat. einen groben Schnitzer leisten [ugs.] [Redewendung]
to pull a boner [Am.] [coll.] [to make a stupid mistake]: einen Bock schießen [ugs.]
to slip a cog [make a mistake] [fig.]: einen Fehler machenidiom
slip of the pen [careless mistake]: Flüchtigkeitsfehler {m} [beim Schreiben]
Verschreibung {f} [Schreibfehler aus Unachtsamkeit]

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