german and english words 1

German and English words can sometimes look quite similar. Look at these German words and see if you can guess what they mean in English. Scroll down the page when you have had a go and see if you were right.

1.    hier
2.    das Bier
3.    der Wein
4.    der Sommer
5.    die Zigarette
6.    der Hund
7.    das Papier
8.    lang
9.    braun
10.  der Fisch
11.  das Insekt
12.  das Schwein
13.  der Garten
14.  die Lampe
15.  das Bad
16.  die Idee
17.  die See
18.  der Balkon
19.  das Feld
20.  das Gras
21.  der Kanal
22.  der Reis
23.  der Honig
24.  der Traktor
25.  der Apfel

1.   here
2.   the beer
3.   the wine
4.   the summer
5.   the cigarette
6.   the dog (hound)
7.   the paper
8.   long
9.   brown
10. the fish
11. the insect
12. the pig (swine)
13. the garden
14. the lamp
15. the bath
16. the idea
17. the sea
18. the balcony
19. the field
20. the grass
21. the canal
22. the rice
23. the honey
24. the tractor
25. the apple

How did you get on? Did you notice that if you are trying to work out the English meaning of a German word you might only need to change one or two letters? Sometimes the English word is very old - like swine and hound.