True Friends in English and German Vocabulary – Identical words
Here you will find words which are the same in German and in English.
This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very small amount because of clarity.
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English | German |
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absurd | absurd |
alphabet | Alphabet |
altar | Altar |
angst | Angst |
anorak | Anorak |
April | April |
arm | Arm |
August | August |
baby | Baby |
ball | Ball |
ballet | Ballett |
band | Band |
bank | Bank (Geldinstitut) |
basketball | Basketball |
bitter | bitter |
blind | blind |
blitzkrieg | Blitzkrieg |
blond | blond |
boss | Boss |
bring | bringen (mitbringen) |
bus | Bus |
butter | Butter |
chance | Chance |
code | Code |
computer | Computer |
cousin | Cousin |
dessert | Dessert |
doppelganger | Doppelgänger |
drama | Drama |
edition | Edition |
elegant | elegant |
experiment | Experiment |
extra | extra |
fair | fair |
fan | Fan |
film | Film |
find | finden |
finger | Finger |
firm | Firma |
fit | fit |
frost | Frost |
function | Funktion |
gas | Gas |
generation | Generation |
gesundheit | Gesundheit! |
glockenspiel | Glockenspiel |
gold | Gold |
golf | Golf |
hammer | Hammer |
hand | Hand |
hinterland | Hinterland |
hotel | Hotel |
hunger | Hunger |
ideal | ideal |
idiot | Idiot |
illusion | Illusion |
instrument | Instrument |
intelligent | intelligent |
jeans | Jeans |
kindergarten, pre-school |
Kindergarten |
kitsch | Kitsch |
material | Material |
mental | mental |
mild | mild |
minus | minus |
minute | Minute |
modern | modern |
moment | Moment |
monument | Monument |
museum | Museum |
motor | Motor |
name | Name |
nation | Nation |
national | national |
nest | Nest |
neutral | neutral |
normal | normal |
November | November |
optimal | optimal |
orange | Orange |
oval | oval |
pack | packen |
parallel | parallel |
partner | Partner |
party | Party |
person | Person |
pilot | Pilot |
planet | Planet |
plus | plus |
pony | Pony |
post | Post |
praline (crushed nuts and burnt sugar) | Praline |
pudding | Pudding |
pullover | Pullover |
radio | Radio |
regional | regional |
relevant | relevant |
rest | Rest |
ring | Ring |
ring finger | Ringfinger |
rose | Rose |
rucksack | Rucksack |
sand | Sand |
sauerkraut | Sauerkraut |
September | September |
ski | Ski |
sofa | Sofa |
spray | Spray |
stollen | Stollen |
stress | Stress |
talent | Talent |
taxi | Taxi |
team | Team |
test | Test |
text | Text |
tiger | Tiger |
toast | Toast |
toilet | Toilette |
tolerant | tolerant |
trainer | Trainer |
transparent | transparent |
uniform | Uniform |
vase | Vase |
video | Video |
volleyball | Volleyball |
waldsterben | Waldsterben |
wanderlust | Wanderlust (Fernweh) |
warm | warm |
weltanschauung | Weltanschauung |
wild | wild |
wind | Wind |
winter | Winter |
wolf | Wolf |
zebra | Zebra |
zeitgeist | Zeitgeist |
Thanks to Almut, Axel, Dorit & team, Frank, Holger, Jan, Johannes, Jonas, Judith, Paul, Simon, S., Stefan, Susanne and Sven.