forkert

Pronunciation: /fɔˈkeːˀrd/

“forkert” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

wrong

adverb

wrongly, wrong, erroneously

Etymology

From the past participle to the archaic forkere (“change, turn, distort”), from Middle Low German vorkēren (“to turn in a wrong direction”), from Old Saxon far- + kerian (“to turn”), compare German verkehren (“to interact, turn in a wrong direction”) and verkehrt (“wrong”).

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