Statistics for German False Friends

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German word	English meaning	% Correct
das Handy	mobile phone	91%
das Gymnasium	grammar/high/secondary school	89%
hell	light, bright	89%
bald	soon	89%
die Hose	trousers	89%
das Tier	animal	87%
der Brief	letter	87%
bekommen	to get, receive	87%
der See	lake	83%
das Gift	poison, venom	83%
die Wand	wall	81%
will	want	81%
fast	almost	79%
die Fabrik	factory	79%
der Hut	hat	74%
toll	great	72%
die Kraft	strength, power	72%
das Kissen	cushion, pillow	70%
die Mode	fashion	70%
das Benzin	petrol	70%
der Rock	skirt, kilt	70%
das Genie	genius	68%
die Art	kind, species, nature	68%
Fotograf	photographer	68%
der Sinn	sense, feeling, mind, meaning	68%
aktuell	current, recent, up-to-date	66%
der Brand	fire	66%
die Billion	trillion	66%
der Roman	novel	62%
der Rat	advice, solution, council	60%
sensibel	sensitive	49%
die Dose	tin, can	49%
der Herd	cooker, stove	47%
die Rente	pension	45%
brav	good, honest, well-behaved	43%
eventuell	possible, perhaps	38%
der Lohn	wage, reward	38%
das Präservativ	condom	36%
die Wimper	eyelash	28%
die Mappe	folder, briefcase, schoolbag	28%
die Kaution	bail, deposit	23%
der Oldtimer	vintage/veteran/classic car	23%
der Smoking	dinner jacket, tuxedo	21%
das Warenhaus	department store	19%
das Etikett	label	19%
das Stadium	stage, phase	17%
die List	trick, ruse	15%
pathetisch	emotional, impassioned, pompous	13%
winken	to wave	13%
prägnant	concise	11%