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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

falsch

Pronunciation / Transliteration: falsh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
False/fɔːls/
adjectiveadverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #950 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Diese Aussage ist falsch."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not true or correct; erroneous.

    "The statement he made was false, leading to confusion."
As noun
  1. 1

    A falsehood or untruth.

    "She was accused of spreading false about her colleague."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'fals' (meaning deceitful or treacherous), reinforced by Old French 'fals', both ultimately originating from Latin 'falsus', the past participle of 'fallere' (to deceive or disappoint). Over centuries, the term evolved from moral connotations of deceit to logical and empirical classifications of incorrectness or untruthfulness.

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