valsch

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falsus.

Adjective

valsch

1. untrustworthy, treacherous
2. false, not authentic
3. untrue
4. foul, unclean

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vals
• Limburgish: valsj
• → Middle High German: valsch
  • German: falsch
    • → Czech: faleš
    • → Romanian: falș
  • Bavarian: foisch
  • Luxembourgish: faslch
  • Yiddish: פֿאַלש‎ (falsh)
  • → Polish: fałsz

Further reading

• “valsc (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “valsch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• vals

Etymology

From Latin falsus. This form might have come to be via an intermediate form valsisk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falsk/

Adjective

valsch (comparative valscher, superlative valschest)

1. false, wrong

Declension

Declension of valsch

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	valsch	valschen	valschem(e) (valschennote)	valsches
Neuter		valsch
Feminine		valsche	valscher(e)
Plural	valsche		valschen	valscher(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	valsche	valschen	valschen
Neuter		valsche
Feminine		valschen
Plural	valschen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Descendants

• → Danish: falsk
• → Faroese: falskur
• → Icelandic: falskur
• → Norwegian: falsk
• → Saterland Frisian: falsk
• → Swedish: falsk

Adverb

valsch

1. falsely, wrongly

Noun

valsch n

1. fraud, trickery
2. dishonourable intentions
3. forgery, forged goods, forged coin

Alternative forms

• vals