falter

1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

   wanken, wackeln, schwächeln

   дрогнутьdrognutʹ

   похитнутисяpoxytnutysja, хитатисяxytatysja

2. (ambitransitive)To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.

4. To stumble.

   stolpern, straucheln

   оступатьсяostupatʹsja, спотыкатьсяspotykatʹsja

   спотикатисяspotykatysja

5. (figuratively)To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

6. To hesitate in purpose or action.

   zögern, zaudern, ins Stocken geraten

   вагатисяvahatysja

7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.

1. We can't allow ourselves to falter.

   deWir können es uns nicht leisten zu scheitern. — al_ex_an_der

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2. We never saw him hesitate or falter.

   deWir sahen ihn nie zögern oder zagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Her voice always falters when she mentions her late father.

   ruЕё голос всегда дрожит, когда она говорит о покойном отце. — marafon

   deIhre Stimme stockt jedes Mal, wenn sie ihren verstorbenen Vater erwähnt. — Yorwba

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4. As the economy faltered, his business was no longer profitable.

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5. He faltered at the last second, costing them the game.

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irregular