Phony
"Phony" in German
falsch
(fraudulent; fake)
gefälscht
(fraudulent; fake)
unecht
(fraudulent; fake)
verlogen
(fraudulent; fake)
Blender
(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Heuchler
(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Hochstapler
(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Lügner
(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Scharlatan
(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.