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wir fehlten

were missing, were lacking, were absent

→ fehlen
fehl lack; be missing + t past tense + en wir/sie past
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, past tense Uncommon #20,964
were missing, were lacking, were absent With a person in the dative, it can mean that someone was missed: „Du fehltest mir“ = “I missed you.”
GE: Uns fehlten noch zehn Euro.
EN: We were still ten euros short.
Conjugation of fehlen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First fehlte fehlten
Third fehlte fehlten
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First fehlte fehlten
Third fehlte fehlten

Mindestens dreißig Studenten fehlten.

At least thirty students were missing.

Heute fehlten viele im Unterricht.

Many people were absent from class today.

Mir fehlten die Worte.

I was at a loss for words.

Es fehlten einige Details.

Some details were missing.

Aber ich spürte auch, dass Sie mir fehlten.

But I also felt that I missed you.

— Porträt einer jungen Frau in Flammen (2019)

Ihr fehlten vor Überraschung die Worte.

She was speechless with surprise.

In dem Loch fehlten also die Goldstücke?

So the gold pieces were missing from the hole?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Einige Schüler fehlten wegen einer Grippe.

Some students were absent because of the flu.

Sehr viele Schüler fehlten in der Schule.

Many students were absent from school.

Einige Schüler fehlten wegen einer Erkältung.

Some students were absent because of a cold.

Es fehlten keine Schüler.

No students were missing.

Bis Boston fehlten uns zehn Meilen.

We were ten miles away from Boston.

Ihm fehlten die Worte.

He was at a loss for words.

Deine Scherze fehlten mir.

I missed your jokes.

— Parasite (2019)