Fake

"Fake" in German

gefälscht

(not real)

unecht

(not real)

Fälschung

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

Illusion

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

Imitat

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

Irreführung

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

Schwindel

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

Trug

(something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)

fingieren

(modify fraudulently to make sth. look better)

fingieren

(make a false display of)

fälschen

(modify fraudulently to make sth. look better)

fälschen

(counterfeit, falsify)

imitieren

(counterfeit, falsify)

simulieren

(make a false display of)

türken

(modify fraudulently to make sth. look better)

vortäuschen

(modify fraudulently to make sth. look better)

vortäuschen

(make a false display of)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.