faken
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
faken (third-person singular simple present fakens, present participle fakening, simple past and past participle fakened)
- (rare, nonstandard, transitive) To make fake; to fake
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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)
- (film, media, social media) to fake
- (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
infinitive | faken | ||||
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present participle | fakend | ||||
past participle | gefakt gefaket1 gefaked1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fake | wir faken | i | ich fake | wir faken |
du fakst du fakest1 |
ihr fakt ihr faket1 |
du fakest | ihr faket | ||
er fakt er faket1 |
sie faken | er fake | sie faken | ||
preterite | ich fakte ich fakete1 |
wir fakten wir faketen1 |
ii | ich fakte2 ich fakete1,2 |
wir fakten2 wir faketen1,2 |
du faktest du faketest1 |
ihr faktet ihr faketet1 |
du faktest2 du faketest1,2 |
ihr faktet2 ihr faketet1,2 | ||
er fakte er fakete1 |
sie fakten sie faketen1 |
er fakte2 er fakete1,2 |
sie fakten2 sie faketen1,2 | ||
imperative | fak (du) fake (du) |
fakt (ihr) faket (ihr)1 |
1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Proscribed.
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Further reading edit
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