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How to Say ‘Are any documents still missing?’ in German

Fehlen noch Unterlagen?

FAY-len nokh UN-ter-lah-gen

[FAY-len nokh UN-ter-lah-gen]

💬 Usage Tip: fehlen puts the missing thing first, the reverse of English 'I'm missing'. So mir fehlt ein Dokument means "I'm missing a document", literally 'a document is lacking to me'.

Phrase Breakdown

Fehlen

[FAY-len]

are missing

From 'fehlen'; something is not there yet.

Example

Zwei Kollegen fehlen heute.

Two colleagues are missing today.

noch

[nokh]

another / still

Adds the idea of one more thing.

Example

Ich habe noch einen Vorschlag für unser Treffen.

I still have another suggestion for our meeting.

Unterlagen

[UN-ter-lah-gen]

documents

Papers or files you need for an application; always plural.

Example

Bitte bringen Sie alle Unterlagen mit.

Please bring all documents with you.

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