Falsche Freunde im Englischen
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| 🇩🇪 | False Friend | 🇬🇧 |
|---|---|---|
| aktuell | actual → tatsächlich | current, up-to-date |
| also | also → auch | so, therefore |
| Ambulanz | ambulance → Krankenwagen | out-patient clinic / ER |
| Annonce | announcement → Ankündigung | advertisement, classified ad |
| Art | art → Kunst | species, kind |
| bekommen | become → werden | receive, get |
| brav | brave → mutig | well-behaved |
| Brief | brief → kurz | letter |
| Chef | chef → Koch | boss, supervisor |
| dezent | decent → anständig | subtle, discreet |
| Dose | dose → Dosis | can, tin |
| eventuell | eventually → schließlich | possibly, maybe |
| Fabrik | fabric → Stoff | factory |
| fast | fast → schnell | almost, nearly |
| fatal | fatal → tödlich | awful, disastrous |
| Figur | figure → Zahl | shape, figure (body) |
| Flur | floor → Fußboden | hallway, corridor |
| Fraktion | fraction → Bruchteil | parliamentary group |
| genial | genial → freundlich | brilliant, ingenious |
| Gift | gift → Geschenk | poison |
| Gymnasium | gymnasium → Turnhalle | academic high-school |
| Handy | handy → praktisch | mobile phone / cell-phone |
| Hose | hose → Schlauch | trousers, pants |
| irritieren | irritate → verärgern | confuse, unsettle |
| Jalousie | jealousy → Eifersucht | venetian blind |
| Kaution | caution → Vorsicht | deposit, bail |
| Konkurrenz | concurrence → Übereinstimmung | competition |
| kontrollieren | control → steuern | check, inspect |
| kurios | curious → neugierig | odd, strange |
| Lack | lack → Mangel | varnish, lacquer |
| Lektüre | lecture → Vorlesung | reading material |
| List | list → Liste | cunning, ruse |
| Lokal | local → örtlich | pub, bar, restaurant |
| Lohn | loan → Darlehen | wage, salary |
| Mappe | map → Landkarte | folder, portfolio |
| massiv | massive → riesig | solid, sturdy |
| Meinung | meaning → Bedeutung | opinion |
| Mist | mist → Nebel | dung, manure |
| mondän | mundane → alltäglich | posh, fashionable |
| Notiz | notice → Mitteilung | note, memo |
| Novelle | novel → Roman | novella, short story |
| ordinär | ordinary → gewöhnlich | vulgar, crude |
| pathetisch | pathetic → erbärmlich | bombastic, over-dramatic |
| Oldtimer | old-timer → alter Mensch | vintage car |
| Pension | pension → Rente | guest-house, boarding house |
| Public Viewing | → Öffentliche Aufbahrung eines Verstorbenen | public screening, live broadcast on big screen |
| Phantasie | fantasy → Fantasie | imagination |
| Physiker | physician → Arzt | physicist |
| prägnant | pregnant → schwanger | concise |
| Präservativ | preservative → Konservierungsmittel | condom |
| Promotion | promotion → Beförderung | doctorate, PhD |
| Protokoll | protocol → Protokoll | minutes (of a meeting) |
| Quote | quote → Zitat | quota, rate |
| Rat | rat → Ratte | advice, council |
| Rezept | receipt → Quittung | prescription / recipe |
| Rock | rock → Fels | skirt |
| sensibel | sensible → vernünftig | sensitive |
| seriös | serious → ernst | respectable, reputable |
| Smoking | smoking → Rauchen | tuxedo |
| sympathisch | sympathetic → mitfühlend | likeable, friendly |
| Unternehmer | undertaker → Bestatter | entrepreneur |
| Wand | wand → Zauberstab | wall |
| Warenhaus | warehouse → Lagerhaus | department store |
| winken | wink → zwinkern | wave |