gefälscht
German, adjective/ɡəˈfɛlʃt/
gefälscht is spelled G-E-F-Ä-L-S-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefälscht is a German adjective meaning “counterfeit, forged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of fälschen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “illegal nachgemacht”.
What does gefälscht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
counterfeit, forged
verb
- 1
past participle of fälschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. illegal 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 gefälscht
- gefälschter masculine nominative singular
- am gefälschtesten superlative
- gefälschte feminine nominative singular
- gefälschtes neuter nominative singular
- gefälschten genitive masculine singular
- gefälschtem dative masculine singular
- der gefälschte definite includes-article masculine
- die gefälschte definite feminine includes-article
- das gefälschte definite includes-article neuter
- die gefälschten definite includes-article nominative
- des gefälschten definite genitive includes-article
- der gefälschten definite feminine genitive
- dem gefälschten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gefälscht?
- /ɡəˈfɛlʃt/
- [ɡəˈfɛlʃt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gefälscht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gefälscht in German?
gefälscht appears 3.4 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).