Fehlschluss

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

fehl- (“erroneous”) +‎ Schluss (“conclusion”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Fehl‧schluss

Noun

Fehlschluss m (strong, genitive Fehlschlusses, plural Fehlschlüsse)

  1. fallacy (false argument)
    Synonym: Trugschluss
    ein logischer Fehlschluss ― a logical fallacy

Declension

Declension of Fehlschluss
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fehlschluss die Fehlschlüsse
genitive eines des Fehlschlusses der Fehlschlüsse
dative einem dem Fehlschluss, Fehlschlusse1 den Fehlschlüssen
accusative einen den Fehlschluss die Fehlschlüsse

1Now rare, see notes.

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