Pretender
"Pretender" in German
Angeber
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Angeberin
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Ansprucherheber
(one who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something)
Anwärter
(claimant to a throne)
Anwärterin
(claimant to a throne)
Beansprucher
(one who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something)
Betrüger
(one who makes baseless pretensions)
Betrüger
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Betrügerin
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Heuchler
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Heuchlerin
(person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold)
Prätendent
(one who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something)
Scharlatan
(one who makes baseless pretensions)
Schwindler
(one who makes baseless pretensions)
Täuscher
(one who makes baseless pretensions)
Vortäuscher
(one who makes baseless pretensions)
More for "pretender"
Next best steps
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.