English edit

Etymology edit

From fake +‎ -en.

Verb edit

faken (third-person singular simple present fakens, present participle fakening, simple past and past participle fakened)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, transitive) To make fake; to fake

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English fake.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɪ̯kən/, /ˈfeːkən/
  • (file)

Verb edit

faken (weak, third-person singular present fakt or (proscribed) faket, past tense fakte or (proscribed) fakete, past participle gefakt or (proscribed) gefaket or (proscribed) gefaked, auxiliary haben)

  1. (film, media, social media) to fake
  2. (informal) to fake (in general)

Usage notes edit

  • As with other verbs of English origin where ‹a›, ‹i› correpond to [ɛɪ̯], [aɪ̯], the conjugated forms commonly (but unofficially) retain the -e- (as faket, fakete etc.). The past participle is often also spelt gefaked.

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • faken” in Duden online
  • faken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German vā̆ken, vā̆kene, from Middle Low German vak (room, space, interval). Cognate with Dutch vaak (often), German Fach (compartment, division).

Adverb edit

faken

  1. often, frequently