Is there any word that is the same in English and German?
The words that are the same in meaning and either spelt the same or a little variation (and there are lots of them, stands to reason because the English language is derived from the German language…so there is bound to be some carry overs); (English left – German right) abacus – Abakus auto – Auto ball – Ball ballad – Ballade ballast – Ballast ballet – Ballett balloon – Ballon band – Band bandit – Bandit bank – Bank cabaret – Kabarett cable – Kabel cactus – Kaktus café – Café cafeteria – Cafeteria calibre – Kaliber dam – Damm fable – Fabel The list is actually quite large and it would take too long and too much space to put them all down. By the way the word f*** in English is not the same as the German word although it’s four letters and starts with a f – ‘fick’ or ‘ficken’. The same goes for beer in German it’s Bier. Edit….just have to comment on other answers and correct the answers’ answers…sorry: German is English…German in German is ‘Deutsch’, actually is ‘eigentlich’ or
