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You can use German in Germany, Austria and German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Also Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and parts of Belgium and Italy.
German - English Confusing words
The German word Chef is not a chef but a boss.
Chef - boss
das ist kein - that is not (not that is small which is klein)
klein - small
Strand - beach (not street, unlike The Strand street in London and La Strada which is street in Italy)
German - English Words With Similar Spelling or Similar Sounds
Remember that nouns start with a capital letter in German
(eine) Banane - (a) banana
braun - brown
das Dokument - the document
frustriert - frustrated
hier - here
Idee - idea
kollegin - colleague
laut - loud
oft - often
das Projekt - the project
das Shampoo - the shampoo
schwer - difficult (makes you swear)
Spinat - spinach
suchen - to search for / look for
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English - German Words With Similar Spelling Or Similar Sound
a banana - eine banane (remember to change the final a to an e as in eat)
brown - braun
colleague - Kollegin
difficult - schweg
the document - das Dokument
idea - idee
loud - laut (the letters t and d sound similar and involve the same movement of your tongue)
often - oft
the project - das Projekt
shampoo - das Shampoo
shoe - schuh (add the letter c like see, and other h, for a pair of shoes)
small - klein (If you know anybody with the name Kleinman, that means small man. Calvin Klein, fashion designer. Naomi Klein, psychoanalyst.)
spinach - Spinat
vegan - vegan
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