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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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