valsche

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• valsch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *falski, from Proto-West Germanic *falskī (“false, counterfeit”).

Adjective

valsche

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

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: valsch (obsolete)
  • Negerhollands: valsch
• Limburgish: valsj

Further reading

• “valsc (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “valsche (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I