Due to the similarity of its
phonetics, German contains a number of words that could be
misinterpreted by the
unwary English-speaker. Among those to look out for are:
Word Meaning
ass (or aß) ate
bog bent
Christ Christian
dang hired
dick fat, thick
Fahrt trip, journey
flog flew
floss (or floß) flowed
Fuchs fox
Gang gear
grub dug
handfest solid, sturdy
Kraut weed
Lager store
Mist manure
munter lively, cheerful
Muschi pussy (feline or genital)
Rat advice
sechs (pronounced "sex") six
Seide (" " "cider") silk
wanken sway, stagger
wog weighed
(I'm aware "handfest" is not a word in English, but a creative
imagination could make a muddle of it.)