52. More on Cognates in English & German

52.  More on Cognates in English & German

Answers to the last 'test' were ....

reif   =   ripe;    Sieb   =   sieve;    taub   =   deaf;   Taube   =   dove;   Liebe   =   love;

Tropfen   =   drop;   Topf   =   pot;   Schaf   =   sheep;   Huf   =   hoof  (note Eng. plu. = hooves)

Kohle   =   coal;   kalt   =   cold   kommen   =   come;   kann   =   can;   Kissen   =  cushion;

Kuss    =   kiss  (not all change!);   Klub    =   club;   Kloster   =   monastery (cloister);   Klinik  =  clinic
Klasse   =   class

danken   =  thank;  Dieb   =  thief;   Pfad   =   path;  Tod   =  death;   trinken   =   drink;

Trieb   =   drive;   Traum   =   dream;   Tag   =   day;   tragen   =   wear ('drag'), carry;

lustig   =   happy (lusty);   frisch   =   fresh;   schlau   =   sly, cunning;   freundlich   =   friendly;

sportlich   =   sporty;   optimistisch   =   optimistic;   romantisch   =   romantic;   lachen   =   laugh;

acht   =   eight;   brechen   =   break;   suchen   =   seek, look for;   Buch   =   book;

Dach    =  roof  ('thatch');   riechen   =   smell (reek);   machen   =   make, do

setzen   =  (to) set, place, seat;   sitzen   =   sit;   kratzen   =   scratch;   Hitze   =   heat;

heizen  =  (to) heat;    schmelzen   =   melt (smelt);    Witz   =  joke (wit);   Katze   =   cat

One of the other notable features about German is that like English, there are many words in the language that have come from other languages. French plays a big part here ... e.g. Cafe, Restaurant. In Austria particularly you will find French even more popular where in some cases the introduced word replaces the good old German variety:  Portemonnaie (Geldbeutel) = purse,  Trottoir  (Gehsteig) = footpath. 

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