falsk

Borrowed from Middle Low German valsch, from Old Saxon *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).

• IPA^(key): /falsk/,

falsk (neuter falsk or falskt, plural and definite singular attributive falske)

1. false
2. fake
3. counterfeit
4. forged, spurious
5. deceitful

falsk c or n (singular definite falsken or falsket, not used in plural form)

1. (rare) forgery

• dokumentfalsk

• “falsk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle Low German valsch, from Old Saxon *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).

falsk (neuter singular falskt, definite singular and plural falske)

1. false
2. out of tune

• falsk venn

• “falsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Middle Low German valsch, from Old Saxon *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).

falsk (neuter singular falskt, definite singular and plural falske)

1. false

• falsk ven, falsk venn

• “falsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Frisian falsk, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”). Cognate with West Frisian falsck.

falsk

1. wrong; false

• fielainich
• mis

From Old Swedish falsker, borrowed from Middle Low German valsch, from Old Saxon *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).

• IPA^(key): /falsk/,

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• Rhymes: -alsk

falsk (comparative falskare, superlative falskast)

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

   ett falskt påstående

   a false claim

2. fake (not the actual thing)

   falska pärlor

   fake pearls

3. untrustworthy, two-faced
4. (music) false (off-key, out of tune)

   sjunga falskt

   sing off-key

• falsk som vatten
• falskmyntare
• falskspel
• förfalska

• falsk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• falsk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• falsk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• falks, flaks