Comment on What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelt exactly the same?

TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Bart The

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  • mlg@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No one who speaks German could be a killer!

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• Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Explanation:

  • “die” is German for (feminine) “the”.
  • “Gift” is German for poison.

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same thing with Swedish. Gift (Swedish) = poison, venom, toxin etc.

    Sounds like there must have been some colossal misunderstanding in the past.

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• spizzat2@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I went to an Oktoberfest festival in the US, and there was a popup ship called Gifthaus.

  They did not understand my concern.

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• idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unternehmer/undertaker is also fun

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  • RecursiveParadox@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same in Dutch.

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