Nomen

die Fehlleistung

parapraxis, Freudian slip, malperformance, faulty action

Sein Versprecher war eine klassische Fehlleistung.

His slip of the tongue was a classic Freudian slip.

Die Maschine zeigte eine Fehlleistung.

The machine showed a malfunction.

to commit a parapraxis/faulty action He committed a faulty action.

Synonyms: Versprecher (slip of the tongue), Patzer (blunder), Fehler (mistake); Antonyms: Meisterleistung (masterpiece), Erfolg (success)

Composed of 'Fehl-' (wrong, error) and 'Leistung' (performance, achievement). Literally a 'wrong performance'.

Think of a 'failed' (Fehl-) 'performance' (Leistung).

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