war falsch

was wrong

→ sein
phrase Uncommon #14,966
was wrong Can mean factually incorrect or morally wrong, depending on context.
GE: Meine Antwort war falsch.
EN: My answer was wrong.

Ihre Antwort war falsch.

Your answer was wrong.

Die Antwort war falsch.

The answer was wrong.

— Das fünfte Element (1997)

Der Eindruck, den sie hinterließ, war falsch.

The impression she left was wrong.

Alles, was er gesagt hat, war falsch.

Everything he said was wrong.

Das Bild, das ich hatte, war falsch.

The image I had was wrong.

— Taxi (1998)

Das war falsch.

That was wrong.

— Oldboy (2003)

Was Mr. Sweeney mit Mrs. Rafferty getan hat, war falsch, Teddy.

What Mr. Sweeney did to Mrs. Rafferty was wrong, Teddy.

— The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

Die Adresse, die sie geschrieben hatten, war falsch.

The address they wrote was wrong.

Mein Satz war falsch, aber die Lehrerin hat ihn korrigiert.

My sentence was wrong, but the teacher corrected it.

Nein, dein Bass war falsch.

No, your bass was wrong.

— Das Kanu des Manitu (2025)

Was wir taten, war falsch.

What we did was wrong.

Sie hat es vermutet, aber ihre Annahme war falsch.

She suspected it, but her assumption was wrong.

— Rebecca (1940)

Seine Antwort war falsch.

His answer was wrong.

Das Urteil war falsch.

The verdict was wrong.

— Assassination (2015)

Was hier und heute geschehen ist, war falsch.

What happened here today was wrong.

— Phantastische Tierwesen und wo sie zu finden sind (2016)

Was sie machten, war falsch.

What they did was wrong.

Mein Satz war falsch, aber der Lehrer hat ihn korrigiert.

My sentence was wrong, but the teacher corrected it.

Der Name auf dem Paket war falsch.

The name on the package was incorrect.

Was ich tat, war falsch.

What I did was wrong.

— Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter... und Frühling (2003)

Was er tat, war falsch.

What he did was wrong.

Ihre Antwort auf meine Frage war falsch.

Your answer to my question was wrong.