German Cognates

What does "die Note" translate to English?

• note

• grade

• nice

• nose

Was macht sie? (What is she doing?)

• essen

• singen

• tanzen

• trinken

Was ist das? (What is this?) Choose the color.

• rot

• blau

• grün

• braun

A word that is spelled the same or almost the same in German and in English, but has a different meaning is called a _____.

• perfect cognate

• false cognate

• near cognate

• loan word

A word borrowed from one language and used in another is called a ______.

• perfect cognate

• near cognate

• false cognate

• loan word

Was ist das? (What is this?)

• die Banane

• die Badewanne

• der Apfel

• die Birne

A word that is spelled exactly the same and means the same in English and German is called a ___________.

• near cognate

• false cognate

• loan word

• perfect cognate

Was ist das? (What is this?)

• Schuhe

• Rad

• Auto

• Flugzeug

Was ist das? (What is this?)

• Bruder

• Schwester

• Vater

• Mutter

What does "bald" translate to in English?

• soon

• bald

• never

• bad