English-German Cognates
Genuine Cognates • C
Words that are identical or similar in English and German
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Noun Genders: r (der, masc.), e (die, fem.), s (das, neu.)
Abbreviations: adj. adjective, adv. adverb, Am American English, Br British English, diff. used in a different or limited sense, f.c. false cognate, n. noun, pl. plural, pron. pronounced, v. verb
* = Less obvious cognates that may not closely resemble each other in both English and German, but are cognates
** = Words used in English that come from German
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NOTE: Many c-words in English are k-words in German. The C and CH words in English usually reflect the c/ch-k shift in German. See Cognate Sound Shifts for more.
cabaret s Kabarett
cabinet s Kabinett
cable s Kabel
cadet r Kadett
cadre r Kader
café s Café
Cairo s Kairo
calendar r Kalender
calorie(s) e Kalorie(n)
camel s Kamel
camera e Kamera
Canada s Kanada
candidate r Kandidat
cannibal r Kannibale
cannon e Kanone
cape s Kap (geographic)
caravan e Karawane
carbuncle r Karbunkel
card e Karte
cardinal r Kardinal
Caribbean e Karibik*
Carnival (Mardi Gras) r Karneval
carp r Karpfen*
carrot e Karotte
cassette e Kassette
cassette recorder r Kassettenrekorder
cat e Katze
chapel e Kapelle*
charter flight r Charterflug
check (bank) r Scheck
chemical (adj.) chemisch*
chemical (n.) e Chemikalie*
chemist r Chemiker*
chemistry e Chemie*
China s China
chocolate e Schokolade
cigarette e Zigarette
clown r Clown
club r Club (pron. KLOOP)
cobra e Kobra
cocktail r Cocktail
diff. - Cocktail in German can also refer to a cocktail party or reception.
coffee r Kaffee
coma s Koma
comment, commentary r Kommentar
communism r Kommunismus
communist r Kommunist
compass r Kompass
compatible kompatibel (tech., lit.)
competence e Kompetenz
diff. - Kompetenz in German refers more to "authority" or "jurisdiction."
competent (adj.) kompetent
diff. - Also "authorized" or "having jurisdiction"
complex (adj.) komplex
complex (n.) r Komplex
complicated kompliziert
compromise r Kompromiss
computer r Computer
concert s Konzert
confetti s Konfetti
confirmation e Konfirmation (only in religious sense)
congress r Kongress
diff. - Kongress in German can also refer to a convention or trade show.
continent r Kontinent
cool kühl
cool! cool!
coral e Koralle
cork r Kork(en)
cost(s) die Kosten (pl.)
(f.c.) e Kost = food, fare
countess e Komtess
cow e Kuh
cowboy r Cowboy
creative kreativ
credit r Kredit (also means "loan" in German)
credit card e Kreditkarte
criminal r Kriminelle
criminal (adj.) kriminell
critic r Kritiker
(f.c.) e Kritik = criticism
crocodile s Krokodil
crocus r Krokus
crown e Krone*
crucifix s Kruzifix
Cuba s Kuba
cuckoo r Kuckuck*
curve e Kurve
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