falscher Freund

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German

Etymology

Calque of French faux-ami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalʃɐ fʁɔɪ̯nt/
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Noun

falscher Freund m (strong, definite nominative der falsche Freund, genitive (des) falschen Freunds or (des) falschen Freundes, plural falsche Freunde, definite plural die falschen Freunde)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) false friend
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see falsch,‎ Freund.

Declension

Declension of falscher Freund
singular plural
masculine gender strong declension
nominative falscher Freund falsche Freunde
genitive falschen Freunds, falschen Freundes falscher Freunde
dative falschem Freund, falschem Freunde1 falschen Freunden
accusative falschen Freund falsche Freunde
weak declension
nominative der falsche Freund die falschen Freunde
genitive des falschen Freunds, falschen Freundes der falschen Freunde
dative dem falschen Freund, falschen Freunde1 den falschen Freunden
accusative den falschen Freund die falschen Freunde
mixed declension
nominative ein falscher Freund (keine) falschen Freunde
genitive eines falschen Freunds, falschen Freundes (keiner) falschen Freunde
dative einem falschen Freund, falschen Freunde1 (keinen) falschen Freunden
accusative einen falschen Freund (keine) falschen Freunde

1Now rare, see notes.

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