you know, words spelled the same and that mean the same in 2 different languages. what are some of them?
2007-09-10 12:21:23 · 6 answers · asked by Sabrina is going underground 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
English - German
April
Arm
Atlas
Baby
Ball
Band
blind
blond
Butter
Clown
Club
Deck
Dock
End
there are a lot more, and of course ones like Alcohol/Alkohol or Bear/Bär which are pronounced the same but different orthographies.
2007-09-10 12:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by sgtazur 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cognates are words that are derived from a common source. They don't necessarily have the same meaning or spelling.
These are some English - German cognates:
cool - kuhl
elbow - Ellenbogen
rainbow - Regenbogen
eye - Auge
hand - Hand
head - haupt
hair - Haar
foot - FuÃ
2007-09-11 15:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banana, Orange, Kindergarten
2007-09-10 19:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by aka_brian_1040 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
start
stop
glass
international
grass
some are spelled the same, mean the same, but are pronounced differently:
name
dame
note
p.s.: "banana" and "formula" are not correct. in German, they are "Banane" and "Formel".
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2007-09-10 19:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hand, formula, baby........
(verbs than finish by ...ieren come from french)
2007-09-10 19:28:26 · answer #5 · answered by French Ingrid 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
doppelganger
2007-09-10 19:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋