German-English translations for unecht

apocryphal
us
Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphalThere is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger
apocryphally

counterfeitThis counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought itcounterfeit sympathyto counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc
fake
us
Sometimes it is even dyed to look like fake fur and given false labels to fool the public. Manchmal werden diese Felle sogar gefärbt, damit sie unecht aussehen, und mit falschen Etiketten versehen, um die Öffentlichkeit zu täuschen. The problem is that many customers do not know what they are buying, as cat and dog fur is quite often labelled as fake fur. Das Problem ist, dass viele Kunden nicht wissen, was sie kaufen, da Katzen- und Hundefelle oft als unechte Pelze etikettiert werden. Which fur coat looks fake?
false
uk
us
Sometimes it is even dyed to look like fake fur and given false labels to fool the public. Manchmal werden diese Felle sogar gefärbt, damit sie unecht aussehen, und mit falschen Etiketten versehen, um die Öffentlichkeit zu täuschen. false legislation, false punishmentfalse teeth
ingenuine
phonyA good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.He claims to be a doctor, but hes nothing but a fast-talking phony.Hes such a phony, he doesnt believe half of what he says.
spurious
us
His argument was spurious and had no validity.I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.