Fake

See also: fake, fake, faké, fākē, fǎkè, fákē, and fakɛ

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.kə/
• Hyphenation: Fa‧ke

Proper noun

Fake m

1. a male given name

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English fake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛɪ̯k/, /feɪ̯k/, /feːk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: fake

Noun

Fake n (strong, genitive Fakes or Fake, plural Fakes)

1. fake, rip-off (inferior copy)
2. fake (fraudulent presentation, such as a staged video)

   Synonyms: Fälschung, etwas Gestelltes

Declension

Declension of Fake [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fake	die	Fakes
genitive	eines	des	Fakes, Fake	der	Fakes
dative	einem	dem	Fake	den	Fakes
accusative	ein	das	Fake	die	Fakes

Synonyms

• (inferior copy): Fälschung; (billige) Kopie; etwas Nachgemachtes; etwas Unechtes; Nepp

Derived terms

• faken

Further reading

• “Fake” in Duden online
• “Fake” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fake”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Fake” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon