falsch
German, adjective
falsch is spelled F-A-L-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written German, the 820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falsch is a German adjective meaning “false, unfactual, untrue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, fälsch is a different word: “singular imperative of fälschen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unrichtig (durch Irrtum oder Unwissenheit), tatsächlich anders”.
What does falsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
false, unfactual, untrue
eine falsche Beschuldigung
- 2
wrong (incorrect)
eine falsche Antwort
- 3
wrong (disadvantageous)
eine falsche Entscheidung
- 4
wrong (immoral)
Es ist falsch, sowas zu tun.
- 5
fake, forged
ein falscher Geldschein
- 6
untruthful, perfidious
sein falsches Getue
verb
- 1
singular imperative of fälschen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of fälschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unrichtig (durch Irrtum oder Unwissenheit), tatsächlich anders 2. gelogen, nicht den Tatsachen entsprechend 3. betrügerisch 4. nachgemacht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falsch
- falscher masculine nominative singular
- am falschesten superlative uncommon
- falsche feminine nominative singular
- falsches neuter nominative singular
- falschen genitive masculine singular
- falschem dative masculine singular
- der falsche definite includes-article masculine
- die falsche definite feminine includes-article
- das falsche definite includes-article neuter
- die falschen definite includes-article nominative
- des falschen definite genitive includes-article
- der falschen definite feminine genitive
- dem falschen dative definite includes-article
- [1] f (vom korrigierenden Lehrer) abbreviation
- [6] F abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to falsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falsch in German?
falsch appears 105 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).