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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "fehl-am-platz" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "fehl-am-platz" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Could one make of sense of this literally or is it pretty idiomatic, like does “at the place its an error” or “at the place its missing” somehow come close? Is “fehl” short for Fehler or fehlend or?
Edit: weird, never really thought about how the most common word for “mistake” actually has to do with something missing, need to read up on this…
To me, “fehl am Platz” is more about “wrong”. Same as in “fehlbar” or “unfehlbar”. I have an article on “fehlen” so I got you covered.