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This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.
In its original form, it was a (monodirectional) German–English dictionary in two volumes by Eduard Muret and Daniel Sanders, published in 1869. The most recent edition contains 560,000 entries in 4 volumes and is the largest German – English bilingual dictionary available; a CD-ROM edition is also available from Langenscheidt as Muret ...
A classic but easily avoided mistake made by English-speakers learning German is to use "Ich will" – which actually means I want to. The imperative (Be quiet!, Open the door!) is formed by direct conjugation of the verb and varies by number and status of the people addressed, unlike English which always uses an infinitive. Be quiet: Sei ruhig!
German verbs may be classified as either weak, with a dental consonant inflection, or strong, showing a vowel gradation ().Both of these are regular systems. Most verbs of both types are regular, though various subgroups and anomalies do arise; however, textbooks for learners often class all strong verbs as irregular.
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The German-English dictionary, with over 1,180,600 translations (November 2018), is larger than the competing site LEO, and as of late 2018 was growing daily by about 300 entries. The other 50 dictionaries contain a total of more than 1.5 million (November 2018) verified translations.
The etymological w is retained in the past, unlike English or German: komen – kwam – kwamen – gekomen. Semi-strong with a weak past tense and a strong participle: verhelen (helen is a weak verb however), wreken. Class 5. Regular class 5 roots (eː-ɑ-a:-eː): eten, genezen, geven, lezen, meten, treden, vergeten, vreten
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