Words, Terms & Phrases: False friends: Borrowing from English

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 Languages are constantly borrowing words from other languages, and German has taken on quite a few English words.

 

Which of these words in the announcement outside a shop is an English word that has been incorporated into German?

 

Write this word into the gap provided.



 

Now press [Check] to see whether you were right. Use the [Hint] button to get a free letter if the answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the [A] button to get some advice.

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Tip: If you don't belong to the lucky few who possess a photographic memory, write down what you learnt while doing this exercise.   

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