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An Extra False Friend

strong").   The German adverb extra, however, is usually a false friend, meaning it is written the same way...

False Friends in Big Numbers

in German, as many of them are false friends — number names that are the same as...

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 2

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 1 False Friends ("Falsche...

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 1

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 2 False Friends ("Falsche...

False Friends

You may have come across the phrase “false friends” or “false cognates” (as they are more...

German words for "order"

above, the word die Ordnung is actually a false friend!   Und ich liebe es auch, Ordnung zu...

Office Supplies, Part I

Der Tacker is what is called a false friend, because it sounds like an English word...

Expressions using Tisch, Part I

vom Tisch sein is kind of a false friend, because in German, it means that something...

A "Little" German Lesson

Caption   You should be careful with the false friend schmal, since it resembles the English word...

The Visual Arts in German

English word "photograph," so beware of this false friend! Note too that with most of the...

Erst and Related Adverbs

47, Die Wohngemeinschaft - Besuch  Play Caption   One false friend to keep in mind is the adverb zunächst....

Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei

turns out to be a kind of false friend: the correct term here is vorbei:    Doch...

Listen up!

Verb „mögen“  Play Caption   Now for a false friend alert: The verb überhören does not mean...

French Words Used in German, Part 3

chef can be a bit of a false friend of the English word "chef," since in English it...

Irritated or Just Confused?

lessons, you have likely already heard about "false friends." These are words that sound similar in...

Funny as in “Ha Ha Funny” or Funny as in Weird?

Beware, however, as there is a partial false friend to be found in the German adjective...

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 4

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 1 False Friends ("Falsche...

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 3

False Friends ("Falsche Freunde") - Part 1 False Friends ("Falsche...

Beware of False Friends!

False Friends: word pairs in two languages that look or...

False friends with hören

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True Friends!

a common meaning The lesson Beware of False Friends! showed that German words that have similar...

Actually, indeed, and in fact

You'll find this in our previous lessons about false friends.   Further Learning Try to write your own...

Expressions using Tisch, Part II

longer valid or being considered. Beware of false friends!   Zwei Jahre hat der Bau gedauert und...

German Verbs and their Prepositions, Part I

We will be back with more verb/preposition false friends from time to time and point out common examples to be...
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