Partial Cognates - consonant relationships Flashcards
German “b” : English “b” initial, “v” medial, “f” final
Bett (bed), haben (have), Leber (liver)
Silber (silver), Rabe (raven), sieben (seven)
Weib (wife), Kalb (calf), halb (half)
German “ch” : English “k”
Buch (book), Kuchen (cake) Milch (milk)
Mönch (monk), machen (make), Storch (stork)
German “cht” : English “ght”
recht (right), Sicht (sight), Nacht (night)
brachte (brought), Macht (might), Licht (light)
German “d” : English “th”
Bad (bath), Ding (thing), dick (thick)
dies (this), danken (thank), Dieb (thief)
German “f” : English “f” initial, “p” medial, final
Feuer (fire), helfen (help), offen (open)
Affe (ape), hoffen (hope), reif (ripe)
German “g” : English “y”
Garn (yarn), gestern (yesterday), sagen (say)
legen (lay), Tag (day), Weg (way)
German “k” : English “ch” or “c”
Kirche (church), Kammer (chamber), Käse (cheese)
Kinn (chin), kühl (cool), Kultur (culture), Kur (cure)
Küfer (cooper)
German “mm” : English “mb” (silent “b”)
Lamm (lamb), dumm (dumb), Kamm (comb), Nummer (number)
German “n” retained : English “n” dropped
Gans (goose), fünf (five), Stern (star), Wunch (wish)
German “pf” : Engish “p” or “pp”
Pfund (pound), Pfanne (pan), Pfeife (pipe), Pfad (path), Apfel (apple), Kupfer (copper)
German “s”, “ss”, “z”, “tz” : English “t”
das (that), Wasser (water), Fuss (foot), heiss (hot), zwei (two), setzen (set), Hass (hate), sitzen (sit), Herz (heart), zehn (ten), Witz (wit)
German “sch” : English “sh” before vowels, “s” before consonants
scheu (shy), scharf (sharp), Schiff (ship), Schuh (shoe), scheinen (shine), Fisch (fish) ….. Schmied (smith), Schmutz (smut), Schwalbe (swallow), Schwein (swine), schmieren (smear)
German “s” and “st” in combinations like “cht” : does not shift
Sicht (sight), Stein (stone), recht (right), Strasse (street)
