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German adjective · CEFR A1

falsch

Meaning in English: wrong, false

Rank 2,280 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Die Antwort ist leider falsch.

Unfortunately, the answer is wrong.

Forms of falsch in the top 5,000

These forms of falsch are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

falsche#3,334
wrong, falseA1

Oh nein, ich habe die falsche Nummer gewählt.
Oh no, I dialled the wrong number.

falschen#3,902
wrong, falseA1

Ich bin in den falschen Bus gestiegen.
I got on the wrong bus.

How common is falsch?

falsch is number 2,280 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 40 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,276gehabthad (past participle)
  2. 2,277warntwarns
  3. 2,278die Kitadaycare, nursery (Kindertagesstätte)
  4. 2,279ergibtresults in, yields; makes (sense)
  5. 2,280falschwrong, false
  6. 2,281lokalenlocal (inflected)
  7. 2,282Werkeworks; plants, factories
  8. 2,283gebetenasked, requested
  9. 2,284Angehörigerelatives, family members

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