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English / German "cognates" - Look At All These German Words You Already Know!
"Cognates" are words in different languages that come from the same origin. Since German and English are closely related, you`ll be able to find cognates easily once you know the rules.
Date : 01/04/2016
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Uploaded on : 01/04/2016
Subject : German
Here are some rules to identify cognates - have a look at how different consonants and vowels change from German to English. Being aware of these rules will make it easy for you to identify cognates and build your vocabulary quickly! :) Can you think of other examples?
Consonants Deutsch/German English Beispiele/Examples b f Dieb - thief
halb #150 half v f Vater - father
vier - four
voll � full b v eben - even
Grab - grave
sieben � seven ch k Buch - book
schwach - weak
sprechen � speak ch gh acht - eight
lachen - laugh
Licht � light k c Karte - card
Keller � celler z c Eleganz - elegance
Zirkus � circus k ch Kapelle - chapel
Kinn � chin d th Bad - bath
drei - three
Erde - earth
Leder � leather tt th Mutter - mother
Wetter � weather t/tt d Bett - bed
gut - good
reiten - ride
T�r � door vorw�rts - forward
Wort #150 word z/tz t Herz - heart
zehn - ten
zwei - two
Katze � cat ss t/tt besser - better
dass - that
essen - eat
Wasser - water f/ff p/pp helfen - help Affe - ape
Pfeffer - pepper
Schiff #150 ship pf p/pp Apfel - apple
Pfad - path
Pfanne � pan g y Tag - day
Weg #150 way mm mb Lamm - lamb
Nummer - number sch s/sh falsch - false
Fleisch - flesh
Schnee - snow Vowels Deutsch/German English Beispiele/Examples a au lachen - laugh
schlachten - slaughter a ea schwach - weak
Waffe - weapon a i Macht - might
Nacht � night a o alt - old
Kamm - comb
falten � fold � e �gypten - Egypt
�quator - equator au ou laut - loud
Maus - mouse
sauer � sour e ea Feder - feather
Herz � heart e i geben - give
leben � live ei i bei�en - bite
rei�en � rip ei o beide - both
Heim � home ie ee Bier - beer
Knie - knee ie o Liebe - love
vierzig - forty o ea Ost - east
tot - dead u oo Buch - book
Blut - blood
Fu� - foot
Schule - school u
Consonants Deutsch/German English Beispiele/Examples b f Dieb - thief
halb #150 half v f Vater - father
vier - four
voll � full b v eben - even
Grab - grave
sieben � seven ch k Buch - book
schwach - weak
sprechen � speak ch gh acht - eight
lachen - laugh
Licht � light k c Karte - card
Keller � celler z c Eleganz - elegance
Zirkus � circus k ch Kapelle - chapel
Kinn � chin d th Bad - bath
drei - three
Erde - earth
Leder � leather tt th Mutter - mother
Wetter � weather t/tt d Bett - bed
gut - good
reiten - ride
T�r � door vorw�rts - forward
Wort #150 word z/tz t Herz - heart
zehn - ten
zwei - two
Katze � cat ss t/tt besser - better
dass - that
essen - eat
Wasser - water f/ff p/pp helfen - help Affe - ape
Pfeffer - pepper
Schiff #150 ship pf p/pp Apfel - apple
Pfad - path
Pfanne � pan g y Tag - day
Weg #150 way mm mb Lamm - lamb
Nummer - number sch s/sh falsch - false
Fleisch - flesh
Schnee - snow Vowels Deutsch/German English Beispiele/Examples a au lachen - laugh
schlachten - slaughter a ea schwach - weak
Waffe - weapon a i Macht - might
Nacht � night a o alt - old
Kamm - comb
falten � fold � e �gypten - Egypt
�quator - equator au ou laut - loud
Maus - mouse
sauer � sour e ea Feder - feather
Herz � heart e i geben - give
leben � live ei i bei�en - bite
rei�en � rip ei o beide - both
Heim � home ie ee Bier - beer
Knie - knee ie o Liebe - love
vierzig - forty o ea Ost - east
tot - dead u oo Buch - book
Blut - blood
Fu� - foot
Schule - school u
ou
jung - young
Pfund - pound
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