Skip to content
German for English Speakers

False Friends

This lesson is coming soon.

What you’ll learn:

  • The complete false friends list — every common English-German trap
  • Gift (poison, not a present), Rat (advice, not a rodent), Chef (boss, not a cook)
  • Bekommen (to receive, not to become), Bald (soon, not hairless)
  • Aktuell (current, not actual), Sympathisch (likeable, not sympathetic)
  • Sensibel (sensitive, not sensible), Gymnasium (high school, not a gym)
  • Handy (mobile phone, not handy/convenient), Oldtimer (vintage car, not an old person)
  • Where false friends come from — why the meanings diverged
  • Memory tricks for the trickiest false friends
  • A quiz-style review to test yourself