fälschen

See also: falschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German velschen, from Old High German felsken, from Late Latin *falsicāre, a contraction of falsificāre. The verb fälschen is therefore significantly older in German than the adjective falsch, from which it would seem to be derived.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛlʃən/
  • (file)

Verb

fälschen (third-person singular simple present fälscht, past tense fälschte, past participle gefälscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to counterfeit, to forge

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German velschen, from Old High German felskan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfælʃen/, [ˈfælʃən]

Verb

fälschen (third-person singular present fälscht, past participle gefälscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to falsify, to forge, to counterfeit

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive fälschen
participle gefälscht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular fälschen
2nd singular fälschs fälsch
3rd singular fälscht
1st plural fälschen
2nd plural fälscht fälscht
3rd plural fälschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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