What’s on the False Friends poster
A 8-row table: German · Really means · Not.
German word, real meaning, and the wrong assumption.
- bekommen — to receive — to become
- also — therefore, so — also
- Gift — poison — gift
- Rat — advice — rat
- Chef — boss — chef
- Handy — mobile phone — handy
- sensibel — sensitive — sensible
- eventuell — possibly — eventually
Ich bekomme ein Bier means 'I am getting a beer'. To become is werden.
Questions about the False Friends poster
- What’s on the False Friends (German) poster?
- A 8-row table: German · Really means · Not. German word, real meaning, and the wrong assumption. bekommen — to receive — to become; also — therefore, so — also; Gift — poison — gift; Rat — advice — rat; Chef — boss — chef; Handy — mobile phone — handy; sensibel — sensitive — sensible; eventuell — possibly — eventually. Ich bekomme ein Bier means 'I am getting a beer'. To become is werden.
- Who is the False Friends (German) poster for?
- False Friends (German) belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the False Friends (German) poster?
- The resemblance is often historical, and the meanings have drifted apart. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so False Friends (German) belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with False Friends (German)?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside False Friends (German) in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the False Friends (German) poster free to download and print?
- Yes. False Friends (German) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the False Friends (German) poster print at?
- False Friends (German) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of False Friends (German) loses nothing.Printing guide
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