falsch war

was wrong

→ falsch
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was wrong Can mean that something was incorrect or morally wrong, depending on context.
GE: Du wusstest, dass es falsch war.
EN: You knew that it was wrong.

Du meinst also, dass meine Prophezeiung über Sarfaraz falsch war?

So you mean my prophecy about Sarfaraz was wrong?

— PK - Andere Sterne, andere Sitten (2014)

Es scheint, dass die Nachricht falsch war.

It seems that the news was false.

Ich weiß, dass es falsch war, euch anzulügen.

I know it was wrong to lie to you.

Tom wusste, dass das, was er tat, falsch war.

Tom knew what he was doing was wrong.

Sag, dass es falsch war.

Say that it was wrong.

— Leben! (1994)

Tom konnte nicht das Gefühl loswerden, dass etwas falsch war.

Tom couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

Ich weiß, dass es falsch war, dich anzulügen.

I know it was wrong to lie to you.

Beweise, dass sie falsch war.

Proof that she was wrong.

— PK - Andere Sterne, andere Sitten (2014)

Er weiß, dass es falsch war.

He knows that it was wrong.

— Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Du wusstest, dass es falsch war.

You knew it was wrong.

Ich wußte nicht, daß es falsch war, was ich getan habe.

I didn't know that what I had done was wrong.

Wir wissen beide, dass das, was Tom getan hat, falsch war.

We both know that what Tom did was wrong.

Ich habe Tom nicht erzählt, was falsch war.

I didn't tell Tom what was wrong.

Es hat sich klar herausgestellt, dass die Theorie falsch war.

It has become clear that the theory was wrong.