German-English shared vocabulary!
  • Heike August 2011
    Did you know that German has a few words that are literally identical with English?

    For example "finger" is "Finger" in German and "arm" is "Arm". Also "house" is "Haus" (different spelling but same pronunciation) ... following that pattern "mouse" is "Maus" :-)

    So, who says, learning German is difficult?
  • trektech August 2011
    @Heike, I believe the answer to that would be Mark Twain :-)
  • Heike September 2011
    ohhh, and of course there is "Gesundheit" - health - used as an alternative to "Bless you!" when someone sneezes ... you hear it on NY subways all the time :-)
  • trektech September 2011
    This link will take you to a site where you can download 6 "posters" that contain 288 words with pictures that are similar in English/Deutsch. You can also purchase the poster set but the download versions look and print great. This is supplied through the Goethe-Institut which is a great source of information and materials for further study. http://www.goethe-verlag.com/poster/indexeng.htm 
  • Heike September 2011
    Wundervoll!! What a great find - thanks for sharing! Which one is your favorite "common" word?
  • trektech September 2011
    That would have to be hamburger :-)
  • Heike September 2011
    Not Berliner? This is a great subject for our message board: Food & City Names!! Let me create a separate entry for that, Dave!! Danke schön!! Tschüß :-)

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