Dec 1, 2003 18:11
20 yrs ago
English term
Fast and reliable
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, English, and 1 more.
False friends
English to German
Other
I am looking for a list of "false friends" between English and German and/or the other way round. Would be grateful for any help.
Proposed translations
(German)
| 5 +3 | see link |
NGK
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| 3 +6 | The most common one for me is: |
Antje Lücke
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| 4 +2 | take a look at the links |
Stefanie Sendelbach
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| 4 +1 | s.u. |
Ivo Lang
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Proposed translations
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see link
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Comment: "Thank you very much, I have plenty of material to go through now!
Thank you to everyone else, too. You have all been most helpful. "
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3 mins
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6 mins
Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
IT and marketing translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
Related KudoZ points
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338
take a look at the links
here are a few collections of false friends in English / German:
http://german.about.com/library/blfalsef.htm
http://www.serve.com/shea/falsche.htm
http://www.englischlehrer.de/language/vocab_false_friends.ph...
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another interesting one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend
http://german.about.com/library/blfalsef.htm
http://www.serve.com/shea/falsche.htm
http://www.englischlehrer.de/language/vocab_false_friends.ph...
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Note added at 2003-12-01 18:18:30 (GMT)
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another interesting one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend
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6 mins
Antje Lücke
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Technical, Medical, Logistics and more
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, French to German, Italian to German
Related KudoZ points
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160
The most common one for me is:
actual. Correct German translation: tatsächlich. Cannot count the number of times I found it translated as "aktuell"!
So far for my pet false friend :-) Sorry I don' have any official list to offer you.
So far for my pet false friend :-) Sorry I don' have any official list to offer you.
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: eventuell/eventually also very common
33 mins
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| agree |
Herbert Fipke
: My favorite is "control" in technical manuals.
1 hr
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| agree |
Harry Bornemann
: I like the difference between oversee and overhear compared to their direct translations.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Norbert Hermann
: I have seen "mince" (mince meat) pies translated in a subtitle in the Dame Edna Everage show as "Fleischpasteten" - imagine that for Christmas :-))
2 hrs
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| agree |
D D (X)
4 hrs
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| agree |
Nancy Arrowsmith
: I just love "I white it not" for "Ich weiss es nicht"
5 hrs
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and asking Scotsmen: "Do you wear rocks all the time?" :-)
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