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Saturday, July 18, 2026

German words which are the same as or similar to English - kiosk, mantel, text

 



German and English Words spelled the same

German - English

Kiosk - kiosk (Note that the German noun has a capital letter.)

Text - text


English - German - same spelling

kiosk - Kiosk

text - Text 


German and English Words containing similar letters

German - English

Kanzler - chancellor (both words include the letters an, l, )

Lang - long

Mantel - mantel / coat

nacht - night (starts with n and ends with ht)

morgen - morning (Both words start with the three letters mor, and later g and n, although German has the g before the n, whilst English has the n before the g)

richtig - right ( Both words start with ri and include ht  - and a g)

wann - when (Both start with w and end with n.)

warte - wait (Both start with wa and include the letter t.)


English - German - some letters are the same

morning - morgen / Morgen (capital letter when it is a noun, as in this morning, or good morning, but small initial letter when describing action, an adverb, going there in the morning, or adjectival as in a morning walk, lower case for tomorrow

right - richtig

wait - warte wa t

when - wann w n   


Useful resources for learning German

duolingo.com

https://wikitravel.org/en/German_phrasebook

https://blogs.transparent.com/german/morgen-vs-morgen-in-german/#:~:text=Simply%20put%2C%20the%20reason%20the,Therefore%2C%20it%20is%20not%20capitalised.

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