feynen
German
Adjective
feynen
- inflection of feyn:
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French feindre, from Latin fingō.
Pronunciation
Verb
feynen
- To make, produce, cause (especially involving lies or trickery)
- To fake, feign, defraud, counterfeit
- To disguise, adulterate
- To imitate, pretend
- To lie, deceive
- To back out, refrain, flee
Conjugation
Conjugation of feynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “feinen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.