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German and English Cognates: Name: DUE: Freitag, Den 7. September

This document provides a list of German words and asks the student to find their English cognates and make generalizations about sound and spelling correspondences between German and English words. It also asks the student to speculate on reasons for similarities between the two languages and list additional cognates. The overall purpose is for the student to identify cognates and patterns to gain insights into connections between German and English vocabulary.

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German and English Cognates: Name: DUE: Freitag, Den 7. September

This document provides a list of German words and asks the student to find their English cognates and make generalizations about sound and spelling correspondences between German and English words. It also asks the student to speculate on reasons for similarities between the two languages and list additional cognates. The overall purpose is for the student to identify cognates and patterns to gain insights into connections between German and English vocabulary.

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Name:

DUE: Freitag, den 7. September

German and English Cognates


Knie - blau - Maus - Kaffee - grn - Finger - Biologie
German and English share many words that look or sound the same. These are called cognates. See if
you can find the English cognates of the German words below and make some generalizations about
correspondences in German and English. Use a German-English dictionary for words you cannot find
(A good one is the online LEO German<-> English Dictionary http://dict.leo.org/.)
List the English cognate for each word. Remember that
cognates are words that look and sound the same in
both languages.

What generalization can you make based on these


cognates? What rule can you use to explain the
relationship between these German and English words?

1. Pfeife:

reif:
pflcken:
Apfel:
Bischof:

Rule?

Licht:
lachen:
Sicht:
Fracht:

Rule?

Feder:
Bad:
denken:
Vater:

Rule?

gut:
selten:
Bett:
alt:

Rule?

Salz:
Kessel:
Katze:
Zinn:

Rule?

lieben:
Grab:
Rabe:
Kalb:

Rule?

Pfanne:
helfen:
Pfeffer:
2. Nacht:
acht:
hoch:
recht:
3. Ding:
dick:
dnn:
danken:
4. Garten:
trinken:
Brot:
tropfen:
5. besser:
Wasser:
Fu:
sitzen:
6. sieben:
halb:
Fieber:
Weib:

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Speculate on the reasons for these similarities between German and English.

8. Can you think of any more cognates in German and English?

Because of these similarities, learning German is not only easy but can also give you new insights
about the English language.

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