Every learned another language that has a lot of similarity with your own, but has some really nasty words that sound like the same word but are actually quite different?Here are some of the words that I ran into as a native (Swiss) German speaker, that gave me quite some miss-understandings until I looked them up in a dictionary. eventuell vs eventually DE: eventuell — possibly; perhaps; maybeEN: eventually — in the end; after some time; finally bekommen vs become DE: bekommen — to receive; to getEN: become — to turn into; to transform into Chef vs chef DE: Chef — boss; manager; superiorEN: chef — professional cook Gift vs gift DE: Gift — poison; toxinEN: gift — present; something given voluntarily aktuell vs actual DE: aktuell — current; up-to-dateEN: actual — real; true; existing in fact sensibel vs sensible DE: sensibel — sensitive; emotionalEN: sensible — reasonable; practical; rational sympathisch vs sympathetic DE: sympathisch — likable; pleasant; niceEN: sympathetic — compassionate; understanding notieren vs to note DE: notieren — to write down; to recordEN: to note — to notice; to observe; sometimes also to write down kontrollieren vs to control DE: kontrollieren — to check; to inspect; to verifyEN: […]
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