fälschen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German velschen, valschen, from Old High German falskōn, falsken, from Proto-West Germanic *falskōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
fälschen (weak, third-person singular present fälscht, past tense fälschte, past participle gefälscht, auxiliary haben)
- to counterfeit, to forge
Conjugation
infinitive | fälschen | ||||
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present participle | fälschend | ||||
past participle | gefälscht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fälsche | wir fälschen | i | ich fälsche | wir fälschen |
du fälschst du fälscht1 |
ihr fälscht | du fälschest | ihr fälschet | ||
er fälscht | sie fälschen | er fälsche | sie fälschen | ||
preterite | ich fälschte | wir fälschten | ii | ich fälschte2 | wir fälschten2 |
du fälschtest | ihr fälschtet | du fälschtest2 | ihr fälschtet2 | ||
er fälschte | sie fälschten | er fälschte2 | sie fälschten2 | ||
imperative | fälsch (du) fälsche (du) |
fälscht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fälschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fälschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fälschen” in Duden online
- “fälschen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German velschen, valschen, from Old High German falskōn, falsken, from Proto-West Germanic *falskōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
fälschen (third-person singular present fälscht, past participle gefälscht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to falsify, to forge, to counterfeit
Conjugation
Regular | ||
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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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