falsch
- false, unfactual, untrue
- wrong (incorrect)
- wrong (disadvantageous)
- (predicative) wrong (immoral)
- fake, forged
- untruthful, perfidious
Opposite of
wahr, wahrhaftig, richtig, korrekt, günstig, echt
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
falsch
Aargau
lätz
Appenzell Innerrhoden
falsch
Basel-Landschaft
lätz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/falʃ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German valsche, valsch, from Old High German *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).
Related words
supposititious
falsely similar
fictious
inkorrekt
wahrheitswidrig
unsachgemäß
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