Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners
Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners

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False Friends in Dutch and German

Dutch

German

 

Expression

Meaning

Expression

Meaning

 

       

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bellen

klingeln , anrufen
to ring a bell, to call on the telephone

bellen

blaffen
to bark

U. Woltmann,
I. Roerdinkholder

verrukt

erfreut, entzückt
delighted, enthralled

verrückt

dol, gek
crazy

R. F. Hahn

 

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