falscher Freund

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German

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Etymology

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Calque of French faux-ami.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfalʃɐ fʁɔɪ̯nt/
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Noun

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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

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