{"id":10506,"date":"2019-02-23T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=10506"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:55:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T20:55:36","slug":"dont-let-it-confuse-you-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/dont-let-it-confuse-you-dose\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Let It Confuse You! – Dose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we start a new series on the blog, called\u00a0Don’t Let It Confuse You!\u00a0<\/em>In this series, we will look at words or phrases that\u00a0seem\u00a0<\/em>to mean the exact same thing in English, simply because they are spelled the same or sound the same. These are also known as “false cognates”, in German known as Fauxami\u00a0<\/em>(a “false friend” in French). But they are not! So don’t let them confuse you! We start off today with dose. Or\u00a0Dose<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For previous posts in this series, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Can<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

A Schmuckdose (jewelry box) (Image by shooting_brooklyn at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 2.5)<\/p><\/div>\n

Die Dose<\/em><\/p>\n

The can\/tin<\/p>\n

You may think that\u00a0Dose\u00a0<\/em>means\u00a0“dose”, as it is in English, but this word actually refers to a can that contains food, for example.<\/p>\n

However, a\u00a0Dose<\/em> can also be a fancy little box that contains\u00a0kostbare\u00a0<\/em>(valuable) items, such as\u00a0Geld\u00a0<\/em>(money),\u00a0Schmuck\u00a0<\/em>(jewelry) or\u00a0Tabak\u00a0<\/em>(tobacco).<\/p>\n

So there are different varieties, such as\u00a0Tabakdose<\/em>,\u00a0Schmuckdose<\/em> and\u00a0Spardose\u00a0<\/em>(coin bank). So these are not your doses of tobacco, jewelry or money, they are boxes!<\/p>\n

The Dose<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

What about\u00a0the English\u00a0“dose”, then? It is not too far off, you would say\u00a0Dosis\u00a0<\/em>or Portion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What about the verb “to dose”? That would become dosieren<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How to say it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Germans pronounce the -e at the end, whereas English speakers don’t. Listen to the examples below. These are not translations, just the words in their respective languages,<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t
<\/div>\n\t
<\/div>\n\t