Hoax
"Hoax" in German
Ente
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Falschmeldung
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Gag
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Schabernack
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Schwindel
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Streich
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Trick
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Ulk
(anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
anführen
(to deceive with a hoax)
einen Bären aufbinden
(to deceive with a hoax)
foppen
(to deceive with a hoax)
hereinlegen
(to deceive with a hoax)
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