False Friends Englisch: 100 verwechselbare Wörter lernen

Englische Wortpaare, die ständig verwechselt werden: affect und effect, accept und except, advice und advise, principal und principle. Jedes Paar mit dem Unterschied und einem Beispiel für beide Wörter.
English (US)GermanB1B2
100 words
newlearningknown
Term (100)
Meaning
affect — beeinflussen
affect
The weather affects my mood
beeinflussen
effect — Wirkung
effect
The effect was immediate
Wirkung
accept — annehmen
accept
Please accept my apology
annehmen
except — außer
except
Everyone came except Tom
außer
advice — Rat
advice
She gave me good advice
Rat
advise — raten
advise
I advise you to wait
raten
principal — Rektor/Hauptsache
principal
The principal spoke to students
Rektor/Hauptsache
principle — Prinzip
principle
He has strong principles
Prinzip
stationary — stationär
stationary
The car remained stationary
stationär
stationery — Schreibwaren
stationery
I need to buy stationery
Schreibwaren
complement — Ergänzung
complement
Wine complements the meal
Ergänzung
compliment — Kompliment
compliment
She paid me a compliment
Kompliment
desert — Wüste
desert
The Sahara is a desert
Wüste
dessert — Nachtisch
dessert
We had cake for dessert
Nachtisch
loose — locker
loose
The screw is loose
locker
lose — verlieren
lose
Do not lose your keys
verlieren
than — als
than
She is taller than me
als
then — dann
then
We ate then left
dann
their — ihr
their
That is their house
ihr
there — dort
there
Put it over there
dort
they're — sie sind
they're
They're coming later
sie sind
its — sein/ihr
its
The cat licked its paw
sein/ihr
it's — es ist
it's
It's raining outside
es ist
your — dein
your
Is this your bag?
dein
you're — du bist
you're
You're doing great
du bist
who's — wer ist
who's
Who's at the door?
wer ist
whose — wessen
whose
Whose book is this?
wessen
weather — Wetter
weather
The weather is nice
Wetter
whether — ob
whether
I wonder whether he'll come
ob
lay — legen
lay
Lay the book on the table
legen
lie — liegen
lie
I lie down to rest
liegen
raise — erhöhen
raise
Raise your hand please
erhöhen
rise — aufsteigen
rise
The sun will rise soon
aufsteigen
set
Set the glass down carefully
setzen
sit — sitzen
sit
Please sit down
sitzen
borrow — leihen
borrow
Can I borrow your pen?
leihen
lend — verleihen
lend
Will you lend me money?
verleihen
bring — bringen
bring
Bring your friends along
bringen
take — nehmen
take
Take an umbrella with you
nehmen
farther — weiter [Entfernung]
farther
The store is farther away
weiter [Entfernung]
further — weiter [zusätzlich]
further
We need further information
weiter [zusätzlich]
fewer — weniger [zählbar]
fewer
Fewer people attended
weniger [zählbar]
less — weniger [nicht zählbar]
less
I have less time now
weniger [nicht zählbar]
among — unter [mehrere]
among
She sat among friends
unter [mehrere]
between — zwischen [zwei]
between
Choose between these two
zwischen [zwei]
beside — neben
beside
Sit beside me
neben
besides — außerdem
besides
Besides that I'm tired
außerdem
historic — historisch bedeutsam
historic
A historic moment occurred
historisch bedeutsam
historical — geschichtlich
historical
Historical documents were found
geschichtlich
economic — wirtschaftlich
economic
Economic growth slowed down
wirtschaftlich
economical — sparsam
economical
This car is economical
sparsam
classic — klassisch [zeitlos]
classic
That's a classic movie
klassisch [zeitlos]
classical — klassisch [Epoche]
classical
I enjoy classical music
klassisch [Epoche]
sensible — vernünftig
sensible
Be sensible about spending
vernünftig
sensitive
She is very sensitive
empfindlich
continual — wiederholt
continual
Continual interruptions annoyed me
wiederholt
continuous — ununterbrochen
continuous
The continuous noise was loud
ununterbrochen
childish — kindisch
childish
Stop being childish
kindisch
childlike — kindlich
childlike
She has childlike wonder
kindlich
assure — versichern
assure
I assure you it's safe
versichern
ensure — sicherstellen
ensure
Ensure all doors are locked
sicherstellen
insure — versichern
insure
Insure your car properly
versichern
imply — andeuten
imply
What do you imply?
andeuten
infer — schließen
infer
I infer from your words
schließen
allude — anspielen
allude
He alluded to past mistakes
anspielen
elude — entkommen
elude
The thief eluded police
entkommen
emigrate — auswandern
emigrate
They emigrated from Italy
auswandern
immigrate — einwandern
immigrate
She immigrated to Canada
einwandern
personal — persönlich
personal
This is personal information
persönlich
personnel — Personal
personnel
The personnel department called
Personal
precede — vorausgehen
precede
Thunder preceded the storm
vorausgehen
proceed — fortfahren
proceed
Please proceed with caution
fortfahren
quiet — ruhig
quiet
The library is quiet
ruhig
quite — ziemlich
quite
It was quite good
ziemlich
sight — Anblick
sight
What a beautiful sight
Anblick
site — Ort
site
The construction site is busy
Ort
cite — zitieren
cite
Cite your sources properly
zitieren
breath — Atem
breath
Take a deep breath
Atem
breathe — atmen
breathe
Breathe slowly and deeply
atmen
cloth — Stoff
cloth
The cloth is soft
Stoff
clothe — kleiden
clothe
Clothe the children warmly
kleiden
clothes — Kleidung
clothes
Pack your clothes
Kleidung
passed — vorbeiging
passed
Time passed quickly
vorbeiging
past — Vergangenheit
past
That is in the past
Vergangenheit
peace — Frieden
peace
We want world peace
Frieden
piece — Stück
piece
Have a piece of cake
Stück
later — später
later
See you later
später
latter — letztere
latter
I prefer the latter option
letztere
elicit — hervorrufen
elicit
His speech elicited applause
hervorrufen
illicit
Illicit activities are banned
illegal
eminent — bedeutend
eminent
An eminent scientist spoke
bedeutend
imminent — bevorstehend
imminent
Danger is imminent
bevorstehend
flaunt — zur Schau stellen
flaunt
She flaunts her wealth
zur Schau stellen
flout
He flouted the rules
missachten
disinterested — unparteiisch
disinterested
A disinterested judge is needed
unparteiisch
uninterested
He seemed uninterested in sports
desinteressiert
averse — abgeneigt
averse
I am averse to risk
abgeneigt
adverse — nachteilig
adverse
Adverse weather conditions
nachteilig
device — Gerät
device
This device is broken
Gerät
devise — ausdenken
devise
Devise a new plan
ausdenken

Request a feature

What should we add or fix? We read every message and send a little gift for the idea.

0 / 4000