English-Swedish translations for false alarm

• falskt alarm
  Jag anser dock att detta är ett falskt alarm.However, I consider this to be a false alarm.
  Som ni vet har de misstänkta fallen i Grekland visat sig vara falskt alarm, så det gläder mig att kunna säga att vi hittills inte har haft några utbrott bland fjäderfän i Europeiska unionen.As you know, the suspected cases in Greece proved to be false alarms, so I am pleased to say that at this point we have not had any outbreaks in poultry in the European Union itself.

Definition of false alarm

• A warning sound which turns out to have been erroneous
• A thing or occurrence which initially causes fear, distress, etc. but which is subsequently recognized as being no cause for concern
• A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case

Related words

• false positive