German Phrase
Welche Fehlermeldung sehe ich?
Meaning
Literally, ‘Which error message am I seeing?’ The speaker is asking for clarification about the exact wording of an error that has appeared on a screen or device.
When to use
Use this sentence when you are troubleshooting software, hardware, or any digital system and need a colleague, support staff, or a user to tell you the exact error text that is displayed.
✦Grammar Breakdown
WelcheFehlermeldungseheich?
Welche (interrogative determiner)
‘Welche’ is used to ask about a specific item and must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun it modifies; here it is feminine nominative.
Fehlermeldung (feminine noun)
‘Fehlermeldung’ is a feminine noun meaning ‘error message’; in the nominative case it takes the article ‘die’ (omitted in questions).
Verb‑second (V2) word order
In German main clauses the finite verb occupies the second position, so ‘sehe’ comes right after the interrogative ‘Welche’.
Subject after the verb
The personal pronoun ‘ich’ can follow the verb in questions, which is perfectly normal in German.
🗨In Conversation
Welche Fehlermeldung sehe ich?
Which error message am I seeing?
Da steht: ‚Datei nicht gefunden‘.
It says: ‘File not found’.
✕Common Mistakes
Was Fehlermeldung sehe ich?
‘Was’ asks for a thing, not a specific one; ‘Welche’ is required to select among possible messages.
Welchen Fehlermeldung sehe ich?
‘Welchen’ is accusative masculine; ‘Fehlermeldung’ is feminine nominative, so the correct form is ‘Welche’.
Ich sehe welche Fehlermeldung?
In questions the verb must stay in second position; the correct order is ‘Welche Fehlermeldung sehe ich?’.
↔Alternatives
Welche Fehlermeldung wird angezeigt?
Which error message is being displayed?
Was für eine Fehlermeldung erscheint?
What kind of error message appears?
Könntest du mir die Fehlermeldung nennen?
Could you tell me the error message?
Cultural Tip
In German technical communication precision is valued. Instead of the English loanword ‘Error’, native speakers prefer ‘Fehlermeldung’ or ‘Fehlerhinweis’. When speaking with colleagues, keep the tone neutral and avoid overly informal slang; in a support call you might add a polite ‘Bitte’ before the question (e.g., ‘Bitte, welche Fehlermeldung sehe ich?’).