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Detailed Translations for lack from English to German

lack:

to lack verb (lacks, lacked, lacking)

  1. to lack (be missing; be absent; be lacking)
    fehlen; abwesend sein; versäumen
    • fehlen verb (fehle, fehlst, fehlt, fehlte, fehltet, gefehlt)
    • versäumen verb (versäume, versäumst, versäumt, versäumte, versäumtet, versäumt)
  2. to lack
    vermissen; entbehren
    • vermissen verb (vermisse, vermisst, vermisste, vermisstet, vermißt)
    • entbehren verb (entbehre, entbehrst, entbehrt, entbehrte, entbehrtet, entbehrt)

Conjugations for lack:

present
  1. lack
  2. lack
  3. lacks
  4. lack
  5. lack
  6. lack
simple past
  1. lacked
  2. lacked
  3. lacked
  4. lacked
  5. lacked
  6. lacked
present perfect
  1. have lacked
  2. have lacked
  3. has lacked
  4. have lacked
  5. have lacked
  6. have lacked
past continuous
  1. was lacking
  2. were lacking
  3. was lacking
  4. were lacking
  5. were lacking
  6. were lacking
future
  1. shall lack
  2. will lack
  3. will lack
  4. shall lack
  5. will lack
  6. will lack
continuous present
  1. am lacking
  2. are lacking
  3. is lacking
  4. are lacking
  5. are lacking
  6. are lacking
subjunctive
  1. be lacked
  2. be lacked
  3. be lacked
  4. be lacked
  5. be lacked
  6. be lacked
diverse
  1. lack!
  2. let's lack!
  3. lacked
  4. lacking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

lack [the ~] noun

  1. the lack (poverty; paucity; destitution; )
    die Armut; Elend; die Not
  2. the lack (deficit; shortage; deficiency; )
    Defizit
  3. the lack (deficiency; want)
    der Mangel; Gebrechen; die Ermangelung; die Schwäche; der Defekt
  4. the lack (insufficiency; shortfall; deficiency; shortcoming)

Translation Matrix for lack:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Armut dearth; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; crisis; destitution; disaster; emergency situation; famine; necessity; need; needyness; paucity; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; state of emergency; tightness
Defekt deficiency; lack; want disability; failure; handicap; impediment; machine defect
Defizit deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall famine; loss; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
Elend dearth; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want accident; adversity; bad luck; beastliness; calamity; crisis; destitution; difficulty; disaster; discomforts; distress; emergency situation; evil; fatality; miserability; misery; misfortune; misère; necessity; need; problems; reverse; squalor; state of emergency; tribulation; trouble; troubles
Ermangelung deficiency; lack; want disability; famine; flaw; gap; handicap; needyness; paucity; physical defect; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
Gebrechen deficiency; lack; want disability; handicap; physical defect
Mangel deficiency; lack; want blank; blunder; famine; flaw; gap; hiatus; imperfection; lacuna; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; tightness; void; wringer; wringing machine
Not dearth; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; crisis; destitution; disaster; discomforts; emergency situation; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; necessity; need; problems; reverse; sorrow; squalor; state of emergency; tribulation; trouble; troubles
Schwäche deficiency; lack; want blunder; caving in; collapse; collapsing; decline; fall; falling down; feebleness; flaw; frailty; gap; imperfection; impotence; impressionability; powerlessness; relapse; sagging; shortcoming; slackness; trivial; weak point; weakness
Unzulänglichkeit deficiency; insufficiency; lack; shortcoming; shortfall
Unzureichendheit deficiency; insufficiency; lack; shortcoming; shortfall
- deficiency; want
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abwesend sein be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack
entbehren lack be devoid of; be in need; be in want; be utterly lacking in; go short; pinch and scrape
fehlen be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack be mistaken; make a mistake; make an error
vermissen lack be lost; be missed; be missing; fall through; get lost; lose; miss
versäumen be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack neglect
- miss
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- be short of; need; want

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Related Definitions for "lack":

  1. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable1
    • there is a serious lack of insight into the problem1
  2. be without1
    • This soup lacks salt1

Wiktionary Translations for lack:

lack
verb
  1. be without, need, require
noun
  1. deficiency, need
lack
  1. veraltend: mangeln
verb
  1. nicht vorhanden sein
  2. K|intrans.|geh.|mG etwas für notwendig, vorteilhaft, passend, angenehm Erachtetes als fehlend, mangelnd empfinden; nicht besitzen
noun
  1. von Personen oder Sachen: Mangel; eine zu kleine Zahl oder Menge; ein zu geringes Maß
  2. Recht: Fehler bzw. das Fehlen von zugesicherten Eigenschaften einer Sache oder eines Rechts
  3. kPl.|: unzureichende Menge oder unzureichendes Ausmaß von etwas
  4. das Fehlen von Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten, geistige Armut

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
lack entbehren ontberen — iets missen waaraan men grote behoefte heeft
lack mangeln; fehlen mangelenontbreken, te kort schieten
lack Mangel gebrek — een tekort
lack Makel défautimperfection physique.
lack Fehlen; Fehler; Manko insuffisanceétat de ce qui est insuffisant.
lack Fehler; Manko; Mangel manqueabsence, défaut, fait de manquer.
lack fehlen; missen; mangeln; ermangeln; verfehlen; vermissen manquer — (vieilli) faillir, tomber en faute.
lack Fehlen; Fehler; Manko privationperte, absence, manque d’un bien, d’un avantage qu’on avait, ou qu’on devait, qu’on pouvait avoir.

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