False Friends

Falsche Freunde

Introduction

Einführung

While linguists call these false cognates, false friends refer to words that sound like English words but meaning something completely different in German.

It's important to learn these well, because using them incorrectly can be embarrassing.

Vocabulary

Wortschatz

Play Der Dom
cathedral
Play Das Gift
poison
Play konsequent
consistently consistent

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