{"id":8761,"date":"2017-10-25T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T11:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=8761"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:04:24","slug":"german-english-cognates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-english-cognates\/","title":{"rendered":"German-English Cognates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guten Tag! In a recent post,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/six-reasons-to-learn-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Six Reasons To Learn German<\/a>, I mentioned that German and English are from the same language family \u2013 the Indo-European family \u2013 which means both languages have taken words from Latin, Greek and French. Because of this, there are numerous cognates (words sharing a common source) that look and sound similar in both languages. This may be useful to remember on those days when German seems like the hardest language in the world to learn; these familiar words work as \u2018helpers\u2019 that help you understand a text, for instance, when you\u2019ve no clue what the text is about! So what I\u2019ve done is collected a load of German cognates to share with you here. Some are \u2018perfect cognates\u2019 (exactly the same) while others are \u2018near cognates\u2019 (similar).<\/p>\n<p><strong>German \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>die Adresse \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 address<\/p>\n<p>der Arm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 arm<\/p>\n<p>der Gott \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 God<\/p>\n<p>das Haar\/die Haare \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 hair<\/p>\n<p>haben \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 to have (ich habe = I have)<\/p>\n<p>halb \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 half<\/p>\n<p>die Hand \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hand<\/p>\n<p>das Haus \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 house<\/p>\n<p>hungrig \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hungry<\/p>\n<p>ich \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 I<\/p>\n<p>der Kaffee \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 coffee<\/p>\n<p>die Kamera \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 camera<\/p>\n<p>die Klinik \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 clinic<\/p>\n<p>lang \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 long<\/p>\n<p>der Mann \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 man<\/p>\n<p>der Moment \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 moment<\/p>\n<p>die Mutter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 mother<\/p>\n<p>das Papier \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 paper<\/p>\n<p>die Pause \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 breaktime\/pause<\/p>\n<p>perfekt \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 perfect<\/p>\n<p>die Polizei \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 police<\/p>\n<p>das Restaurant \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 restaurant<\/p>\n<p>das Schiff \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ship<\/p>\n<p>der Schuh\/die Schuhe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 shoe\/shoes<\/p>\n<p>der Supermarkt \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 supermarket<\/p>\n<p>der Tiger \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tiger<\/p>\n<p>die Universit<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">\u00e4<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">t \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 university<\/span><\/p>\n<p>der Vater \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 father<\/p>\n<p>das Wasser \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 water<\/p>\n<p>das Wetter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 weather<\/p>\n<p>der Wind \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 wind<\/p>\n<p>wild \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 wild<\/p>\n<p>das Wort \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 word<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Kaffeepause\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kefraya\/103107326\/in\/photolist-a7sdw-aPjMxp-9rw9jB-qkHMi-bZdRPb-i2ezZj-7eV7ct-9XKcp-gihJUi-cAhg8A-aPjMSF-dfv2Cx-VXAwsJ-RFdzWZ-Ge6WJ-RtfJFc-qkHNt-kscY6-7m8iFY-2jdkH8-A7czNd-qkHJT-avgY7S-jZzPV-qEiKc-cAhjNj-e4aqbQ-aRQuT6-CoEUxL-5droaf-SzY1mY-4Tu7H-pawn8x-dHA42b-m3MUdj-oYE7UY-r1DPvD-8xi7zc-iM2Qfx-esYCDb-XjJssd-8Ghbua-pawGpY-p5De24-9PZHuw-8QxRnB-bKYP9n-duBeKx-UAvuPE-oUkjsr\" aria-label=\"103107326 36426573e7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"Kaffeepause\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/36\/103107326_36426573e7.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">German coffee shop named &#8216;Kaffeepause&#8217;. You could probably guess what this place is without knowing any German at all. Photo by kefraya on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY-ND 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">Other cognates include all of the <strong>months of the year<\/strong> (Januar, Februar, M<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">\u00e4<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">rz, April, Mai, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember), some of the <strong>days of the week<\/strong> (Montag, Freitag, Sonntag), the <strong>planets &amp; outer space<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/planets-outer-space-in-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> for the blog post), <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">and some of the <strong>colours<\/strong> (<span style=\"color: #993300\">braun<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"> blau,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966\">gr<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\">\u00fc<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">n<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">orange<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One thing to note, however, is that German contains many<strong> \u2018false friends\u2019<\/strong> &#8211; words which you recognise as English, but which have a completely different meaning in German. One example is the word <strong>bald<\/strong>, which in English means <em>to have no hair<\/em>, but in German means <em>soon.<\/em> The best thing to do is to get to know these false friends so you don\u2019t fall into their trap! Read more on them<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-false-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/misleading-german-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/englishgermancrossover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you think of any more German\/English cognates?<\/p>\n<p>I hope your day is <strong>fantastisch<\/strong>! Bis bald.<\/p>\n<p>Constanze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/103107326_36426573e7-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/103107326_36426573e7-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/103107326_36426573e7.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Guten Tag! In a recent post,\u00a0Six Reasons To Learn German, I mentioned that German and English are from the same language family \u2013 the Indo-European family \u2013 which means both languages have taken words from Latin, Greek and French. Because of this, there are numerous cognates (words sharing a common source) that look and sound&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-english-cognates\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":8766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[11109,456997,930,264,68,375970,95131,376023,499,34672],"class_list":["post-8761","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-uncategorized","tag-cognates","tag-easy-language-learning","tag-english","tag-false-friends","tag-family","tag-german-and-english","tag-german-language","tag-language","tag-language-learning","tag-language-learning-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8761"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8793,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8761\/revisions\/8793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}