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Beard für Bart, Sussex als Südsachsen oder town als Zaun: die englische und die deutsche Sprache haben als germanische Sprachen eine gemeinsame Wurzel. Viele Worte lassen diese Ähnlichkeit noch gut erkennen. Hier steht eine Auswahl dazu.
Gesammelte Ähnlichkeiten
- alderman => Alter Mann [alter und damit weiser Mann?]
- angel => Engel
- angle => Angel [Winkel/Tür-Angel?]
- apple => Apfel
- arm => Arm
- ash => Asche
- ass => Esel
- aunt => Tante
- ax => Axt
- babble => Babbele als hessischer Dialekt
- back => Buckel [Rücken]
- bake => backen
- ball => Ball
- bare => bar [nackt, entblößt, frei von]
- bark => Borke
- bea => Biene
- bear => Bär
- beard => Bart
- beast => Biest [Tier]
- beech => Birke
- beer => Bier
- believe => glauben [etwa im rheinische Dialekt: isch jelööv]
- bench => Bank
- berry => Beere
- bight => Bucht
- bit => Bißchen
- bite => beissen
- bitter => bitter
- bleak => Bläch [im Kölner Dialekt: blank, nackt]
- bleak => blank [Kölsch: Bläck Föhs = nackte Füße]
- blind => blind
- blood => Blut
- blooming => blühend [wie in Blume]
- blue => Blau
- boat => Boot
- bond => Band [Verbindung]
- bone => Bein [Knochen, wie in Nasenbein]
- book => Buch [Buche]
- born => Born [geboren werden, Quelle]
- borrow => borgen [?]
- bottle => Buddel [?]
- bottom => Boden [?]
- bow => Bogen
- boy => Bub [?]
- bread => Brot
- brine => Brühe [Idee des Salzigen?]
- brook => Bruch [?] Bach und feuchte Niederung
- brown => Braun
- butter => Butter
- cackle => gackern
- calf => Kalb
- can => kann
- can => Kanne
- car => Karre
- cellar => Keller
- chalk => Kalk
- cheese => Käse
- chick => Gickel [Hühnchen]
- church => Kirche
- claw => Klauen [klauen?]
- cleft => geklefft: Dialekt: Fenster einen Spalt weit geöffnet
- clover => Klee
- coal => Kohle
- coast => Küste
- cock => Gockel [Hahn]
- cold => Kälte
- comb => Kamm
- cook => Koch
- cord => Kordel [Seil]
- cork => Korken
- corn => Korn
- cow => Kuh
- cross => Kreuz
- crow => Krähe
- crown => Krone
- crust => Kruste
- cry => kreischen [?]
- cuckoo => Kuckuck
- cutter => Kutter
- dale => Tal
- damp => Klamm: im Sinne von feucht [?]
- dance => Tanz
- dapper => tapfer [?]
- daughter => Tochter
- day => Tag
- deal => Teil
- deep => Diep: tief, in vielen Ortsnamen in Deutschland
- devil => Teufel [Dialekt: Daiwel]
- dew => Tau
- dish => Tisch
- dollar => Taler
- door => Tür
- do => tu
- dragon => Drachen
- draught => Trocken[heit]
- dream => Traum
- drink => trinken
- drop => Tropfen
- drum => Trommel
- dry => trocken [droog]
- dumb => dumm [taub/dumm]
- dyke => Deich
- eagle => Adler
- ear => Ohr
- earth => Erde
- East Anglia => Ostangeln
- Easter => Ostern
- east => Osten
- eat => essen
- eel => Aal
- elk => Elch
- Essex => Ostsachen
- eye => Auge
- fable => Fabel
- fairy => Feen
- fall => fallen
- far => fern
- fat => fett
- father => Vater
- fear => Furcht
- fear => Gefahr
- feather => Feder
- feel => fühlen
- fell => fällen
- fern => Farn
- fiddle => Fiedel
- field => Feld
- field => Feld
- fiend => Feind
- fight => Streit [?]
- finch => Finke
- finger => Finger
- fire => Feuer
- first => Fürst
- fisher => Fischer
- fish => Fisch
- flake => Flocke
- flame => Flamme
- flank => Flanke
- flea => Floh
- fledgling => Flitsch als hessischer Dialekt
- flee => flüchten
- flesh => Fleisch
- fletcher => Flitzebogen
- flood => Flut
- flow => Fluß [?]
- flute => Flöte
- flux => Fluss [?]
- fly => Fliege
- foal => Fohlen
- fold => falten
- food => Fodder [Pferdeheu]
- foot => Fuß
- fork => Forke: Gabel und Heugabel
- forward => vorwärts
- foul => faul
- fowl => Vogel
- fox => Fuchs
- Friday => Freitag
- friend => Freund
- frog => Frosch
- frost => Frost
- full => voll
- furrow => Furche
- gate => Gatter
- ghost => Geist
- girdle => Gürtel [umgürten]
- girl => Göre
- glass => Glas
- glide => gleiten
- glimmer => Glimmer [glitzern, Mineral das glitzert]
- glimmer => Glimmer [glühen und das Mineral]
- glow => glühen
- gnat => Gnitze
- gnat => Schnake
- gnaw => Knabbern
- god => Gott
- gold => Gold
- goose => Gans
- gore => gären [Idee des Eiterns, Gärens?]
- gout => Gicht
- grab => greifen [?]
- grass => Gras
- great => groß
- green => grün
- grey => grau
- ground => Grund
- gruesome => gruselig [?]
- guilt => Geld [Schuldverhältnis]
- gully => Gülle [Abfall?]
- gum => Gaumen
- hair => Haar
- hair => Haar
- hand => Hand
- hare => Hase [?]
- harsh => Harsch [schroffe Art, schroffer Schnee?]
- hate => Hass
- hat => Hut
- head => Haupt
- hear => hören
- hear => hören
- heart => Herz
- heath => Heide [?]
- heat => Hitze
- hedge => Hecke
- hell => Hölle
- hewn => behauen [Stein]
- hey => Heu
- high => hoch
- hill => Hügel
- hill => Hügel
- hoek => Eck
- hole => hohl [?]
- hole => Höhle [?]
- holy => heilig
- holy => heilig
- home => Heim
- honey => Honig
- hoof => Hufe
- horn => Horn [wie bei Hörnern]
- hot => heiß
- hound => Hund
- hour => Uhr
- house => Haus
- hut => Hütte
- ice => Eis
- idle => eitel [Idee der Nutzlosigkeit?]
- iron => Eisen
- iron => Eisen
- island => Eiland
- kale [seakale] => Kohl
- keel => Kiel
- king => König
- knave => Knabe [?]
- knee => Knie
- knife => Kneibsche [?] beides für Messer
- knight => Knecht [?]
- knob => Knopf
- knoll => Knolle: Erdhügel oder Erdklumpen
- know => knobeln [?]
- lair => Lager [?]
- lake => Lache
- lamp => Lampe
- lance => Lanze
- land => Land
- last => letzte
- leak => Leck
- lead => Lot [schweres Blei, Senkblei]
- leaf => Laub
- lean => lehnen
- leather => Leder
- lid => Lieder [Idee des Verschließens]
- life => Leben
- linen => Leinen
- lip => Lippe
- liver => Leber
- loaf => Laib [Brotkörper?
- loam => Lehm
- look => guck [sieh hin?]
- loose => lose
- loud => laut
- love => Liebe
- lung => Lunge
- lust => Lust
- man => Mensch
- mare => Mähre [Pferd]
- market => Markt
- master => Meister
- mast => Mast
- matter => Matte
- meagre => mager
- mellow => mell [weich wie Obst]
- meshed=> up => gemischt
- mesh => Masche
- middle => Mitte
- might => Macht
- milk => Milch
- miller => Müller
- mister => Meister
- Monday => Montag
- moon => Mond
- moor => Moor
- more => mehr
- moss => Moos
- mother => Mutter
- mouse => Maus
- mouth => Mund
- mud => Schmuddel [?]
- murderer => Mörder
- murder => Mord
- murky => Murks [Idee des Unklaren?]
- nail => Nagel
- neck => Nacken
- needle => Nadel
- nest => Nest
- net => Netz
- night => Nacht
- north => Norden
- nose => Nase
- nostril => Nüstern
- oak => Eiche
- oil => Öl
- old => alt
- owl => Eule
- oxen => Ochse
- Oxford => Ochsenfurt
- paddle => Paddel
- pan => Pfanne
- pan => Pfanne
- path => Pfad
- pear => Birne
- pearl => Perle
- pest => Pest
- pick => picken
- pilot => peilen
- pipe => Pfeife
- piss => Pisse
- plank => Planke
- plate => Platte
- poke => stochern [?]
- poke => pochen [?]
- pot => Pott
- powder => Puder
- pox => Pocken
- praise => Preis [loben]
- pray => predigen [?]
- puddle => Pfütze [?]
- pump => pumpen
- quarrel => querulieren
- quit => quitt [auseinandergehen, sich einigen können?]
- race => Ratzefatz [Idee der Schnellheit]
- rake => Rechen
- rash => rasch: beides meint so viel wie schnell
- rat => Ratte
- rattle => rattern
- raven => Rabe
- reach => reichen
- red => rot
- rhyme => Reim
- rich => reich
- riddle => Rätsel
- ride => reiten
- rise => reisen [?]
- road => Rad [Idee der guten Wegbarkeit?]
- roast => rösten
- room => Raum
- rotten => verdorben [verrottet]
- rough => rauh [?]
- round => rund
- row => Reihe
- rump => Rumpf
- run => rennen
- rustle => Rascheln
- rusty => rostig
- saddle => Sattel
- sail => Segel
- sail => Seil [Tau=> /Segelwerk?]
- salad => Salt
- salt => Salz
- sand => Sand
- saw => Säge
- seam => Saum
- sea => See
- seed => Saat
- see => sehen
- shadow => Schatten
- shallow => schal, Schale [Idee fehlender Tiefe?]
- shawl => Schal
- shawl => Schal
- shear => Schere
- sheen => Glanz [Schein]
- sheen => Schien
- sheep => Schaf
- shell => Schill [Idee des Muscheligen?]
- shield => Schild
- ship => Schiff
- shit => Schiet [Mist]
- shoe => Schuh
- shoot => schießen [?]
- shoulder => Schulter
- show => Schau [mach' so keine Schau!]
- sick => siech
- side => Seite
- silver => Silber
- sink => sinken
- sledge => Schlitten
- sluice => Schleuse
- smite => schmeißen [?]
- smoke => Schmauch [Rauch]
- snout => Schnauze
- snout => Schnauze [Idee des langgezogenen?]
- snow => Schnee
- sober => sauber [im Kopf?]
- sod => Sodden [Erdklumpen]
- son => Sohn
- sorcerer => Zauberer
- soup => Suppe
- sour => sauer
- south => Süden
- sow => säen
- sow => Sau: weibliches Schwein
- spade => Spaten
- sparrow => Spatz
- speed => sich sputen
- spear => Speer
- spooky => Spukhaft
- stage => Steg [Holzboden auf Stützen?]
- star => Stern
- stave => Stab
- steal => stehlen
- steer => steuern
- stem => Stamm
- stick => Stock
- still => still
- stone => Stein
- stool => Stuhl
- stork => Storch
- stove => Stube
- strangle => strangulieren
- straw => Stroh
- straw => Stroh
- stream => Strömung [Bächlein und Strömung]
- street => Straße
- stripe => Streifen
- strong => streng [?]
- stump => stumpen [im Cricketspiel, stubsen im Dialekt, umwerfen]
- suckling => Säugling
- suck => saugen
- sugar => Zucker
- Sunday => Sonntag
- sun => Sonne
- Sussex => Südsachsen
- swallow => Schwalbe
- sweat => schwitzen
- swell => Schwall [Idee des Wellenartigen?]
- swim => schwimmen
- swindle => schwindeln
- swine => Schwein
- sword => Schwert
- table => Tafel
- tale => erzählen [?]
- tannery => Tanne [Gerberei ⭢ Tannin als Stoff?]
- thief => Dieb
- think => Denken
- tides => Gezeiten
- tip => Zipfel [?]
- toe => Zeh
- toe => Zeh
- tower => Turm
- town => Zaun: ein größeres Dorf [mit Palisadenzaun]
- trouble => Trubel [?]
- trumpet => Trompete
- turn => turnen [drehende Bewegung?]
- twig => Zweig
- twilight => Zwielicht
- twitter => zwitschern
- uncle => Onkel
- wall => Wall [Mauer und Schutzwall]
- war => Wehr
- wasp => Wespe
- wasteland => Wüste
- water => Wasser
- wave => Welle
- wave => Welle
- wax => Wachs
- wax => wachsen [der Mond]
- way => weg
- weak => wacklig [?]
- Weald => Wald
- weather => Gewitter [?]
- week => Woche
- weg => weben [Idee des vermaschten, verwebten]
- Wessex => Westsachsen
- west => Westen
- whale => Wal
- whirl => Wirbel
- white => weiß
- whole => heil [im Sinne von ganz?]
- wife => Weib
- window => Wind-Ooge: das Auge des Windes [im Haus]
- wind => Wind
- wine => Wein
- wolf => Wolf
- woman => Woll-Mann: der Mensch, der Wolle macht
- wool => Wolle
- world => Welt
- worm => Wurm
- wreck => Wrack
- yard => Garten [?]
- year => Jahr
- yell => gellend [beides hysterische Laute wie beim Lachen?]
- yellow => Gehl [gelb]
- yesterday => "gester"-Tag
- yoke => Joch
- yonder => jenseits [?]
- young => jung