English–German Similar Words – Word Stress Highlighted
| English | Stress (EN) | German | Stress (DE) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sculpture | SCULPture | Skulptur | skulpTUR | Art terminology |
| vanilla | vaNILla | Vanille | vaNILle | Same spelling and meaning, pronunciation differs |
| anchor | ANchor | Anker | ANker | |
| paula | PAUla | Paula | PAUla | Same name in both languages |
| sauna | SAUna | Sauna | SAUna | Same word in both languages |
| auditor | AUditor | Auditor | auDItor | Used in business/legal contexts in both languages |
| audit | AUdit | Audit | auDIT | Used as a loanword in German, especially in finance |
| decade | DECade | Dekade | deKAde | |
| vital | VItal | Vital | viTAL | Used especially in medical and business contexts |
| diversify | diVERsify | Diversifizieren | diVERsifizieren | |
| stabilize | STAbilize | Stabilisieren | staBIlisieren | |
| colleagues | COLleagues | Kollegen | KOLlegen | |
| economic | ecoNOMic | Ökonomisch / Wirtschaftlich | ökoNOmisch / WIRTschaftlich | Context decides the translation |
| investor | inVESTor | Investor | inVEStor | |
| catastrophe | caTAStrophe | Katastrophe | kaTAStrophe | |
| capacity | caPACity | Kapazität | kaPAzität | |
| agenda | aGENda | Agenda | aGENda | |
| balance | BALance | Balance | baLANCE | Used in finance and fitness |
| budget | BUDget | Budget | BUDget | |
| client | CLIent | Klient / Kunde | kliENT / KUNde | Klient is formal/legal; Kunde is general |
| concept | CONcept | Konzept | konZEPT | |
| conference | CONference | Konferenz | konFErenz | |
| document | DOCument | Dokument | doKUment | |
| emotion | eMOtion | Emotion | eMOtion | |
| energy | ENergy | Energie | enERgie | |
| factor | FACtor | Faktor | fakTOR | |
| global | GLObal | Global | GLObal | |
| hotel | hoTEL | Hotel | hoTEL | |
| idea | iDEa | Idee | iDEE | |
| information | inforMAtion | Information | informaTIon | |
| innovation | innoVAtion | Innovation | innoVAtion | |
| journal | JOURnal | Journal | jourNAL | Often a magazine or academic journal |
| logic | LOGic | Logik | LOgik | |
| manager | MANager | Manager | MANager | |
| market | MARket | Markt | MARKT | |
| modern | MODern | Modern | MOdern | |
| motivation | motiVAtion | Motivation | motiVAtion | |
| nation | NAtion | Nation | naTIon | |
| office | OFfice | Büro / Office | BÜro / OFfice | "Office" is now also used in tech contexts |
| partner | PARTner | Partner | PARTner | |
| potential | poTENtial | Potenzial / Potential | poTENzial / poTENtial | Both spellings exist |
| priority | priORity | Priorität | priOrität | |
| product | PRODuct | Produkt | proDUKT | |
| project | PROject | Projekt | proJEKT | |
| risk | RISK | Risiko | riSIko | |
| structure | STRUCture | Struktur | strukTUR | |
| system | SYStem | System | SYStem | |
| team | TEAM | Team | TEAM | |
| talent | TALent | Talent | taLENT | |
| tourist | TOURist | Tourist | touRIST | |
| version | VERsion | Version | verSION | |
| virus | VIrus | Virus | VIrus | |
| vision | VIsion | Vision | viSION | |
| zone | ZONE | Zone | ZOne | |
| vitamin | VItamin | Vitamin | vitaMIN | Same spelling, different pronunciation |
| symbol | SYMbol | Symbol | SYMbol | |
| stress | STRESS | Stress | STRESS | |
| signal | SIGnal | Signal | sigNAL | |
| radio | RAdio | Radio | RAdio | |
| politic / political | poLITic / poLITical | Politik / politisch | poLItik / poLITisch | |
| philosophy | phiLOSophy | Philosophie | phiLOsophie | |
| phone / telephone | PHONE / TELephone | Telefon | teLEfon | |
| percentage | perCENtage | Prozentsatz / Prozentzahl | proZENTsatz / proZENTzahl | "Prozent" is more common |
| plastic | PLAStic | Plastik / Kunststoff | PLAStik / KUNSTstoff | Plastik is informal or colloquial |
| pause | PAUSE | Pause | PAUse | Same word and meaning |
| music | MUsic | Musik | muSIK | |
| mechanic | meCHANic | Mechaniker | meCHAniker | |
| literature | LITerature | Literatur | literaTUR | |
| laboratory | LABoratory | Labor | laBOR | |
| internet | INternet | Internet | INternet | |
| intelligence | inTELligence | Intelligenz | inTELligenz | |
| hospital | HOSpital | Hospital / Krankenhaus | hosPItal / KRANKenhaus | "Hospital" in German is very formal |
| gymnasium | gymNAsium | Gymnasium | gymNAsium | Means academic high school in German! |
| garage | gaRAGE | Garage | gaRAge | |
| festival | FEStival | Festival | fesTIval | |
| design | deSIGN | Design | deSIGN | |
| agent | Agent | Agent | aGENT | |
| apartment | aPARTment | Apartment / Appartement | aPARTment / apPARtement | Used in real estate ads |
| artist | ARTist | Artist / Künstler | ARTist / KÜNStler | "Artist" is used more in circus/theatre |
| bank | BANK | Bank | BANK | |
| battery | BATtery | Batterie | batTErie | Means battery in both languages |
| café | CAfé | Café | caFÉ | |
| campus | CAMpus | Campus | CAMpus | |
| champion | CHAMpion | Champion | chamPIon | Used in sports |
| chef | CHEF | Chef | CHEF | But means 'boss' in German! |
| computer | comPUter | Computer | comPUter | |
| container | conTAINer | Container | conTAIner | |
| culture | CULture | Kultur | kulTUR | |
| design | deSIGN | Design | deSIGN | |
| detail | DEtail | Detail | deTAIL | |
| drama | DRAma | Drama | DRAma | |
| effect | eFFECT | Effekt | efFEKT | Effect or visual effect |
| export | EXport | Export | exPORT | |
| film | FILM | Film | FILM | |
| garage | gaRAGE | Garage | gaRAge | |
| grammar | GRAMmar | Grammatik | gramMAtik | |
| hobby | HOBby | Hobby | HOBby | |
| hotel | hoTEL | Hotel | hoTEL | |
| idea | iDEa | Idee | iDEE | |
| import | IMport | Import | imPORT | |
| journalist | JOURnalist | Journalist | jourNAlist | |
| camera | CAMera | Kamera | kaMEra | Means camera, not room |
| manager | MANager | Manager | MANager | |
| method | METHod | Methode | meTHOde | |
| minute | MINute | Minute | miNUte | |
| model | MODel | Modell | moDELL |
English–German Similar Words – Word Stress Highlighted
| English | Stress (EN) | German | Stress (DE) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculpture | SCULPture | Skulptur | SkulpTUR | Art terminology |
| Vanilla | VaNILla | Vanille | VaNILle | Same spelling and meaning, pronunciation differs |
| Anchor | ANchor | Anker | ANker | |
| Paula | PAUla | Paula | PAUla | Same name in both languages |
| Sauna | SAUna | Sauna | SAUna | Same word in both languages |
| Auditor | AUditor | Auditor | AuDItor | Used in business/legal contexts in both languages |
| Audit | AUdit | Audit | AuDIT | Used as a loanword in German, especially in finance |
| Decade | DECade | Dekade | DeKAde | |
| Vital | VItal | Vital | ViTAL | Used especially in medical and business contexts |
| Diversify | DiVERsify | Diversifizieren | DiVERsifizieren | |
| Stabilize | STAbilize | Stabilisieren | StaBIlisieren | |
| Colleagues | COLleagues | Kollegen | KOLlegen | |
| Economic | EcoNOMic | Ökonomisch / Wirtschaftlich | ÖkoNOmisch / WIRTschaftlich | Context decides the translation |
| Investor | InVESTor | Investor | InVEStor | |
| Catastrophe | CaTAStrophe | Katastrophe | KaTAStrophe | |
| Capacity | CaPACity | Kapazität | KaPAzität | |
| Agenda | AGENda | Agenda | AGENda | |
| Balance | BALance | Balance | BaLANCE | Used in finance and fitness |
| Budget | BUDget | Budget | BUDget | |
| Client | CLIent | Klient / Kunde | KliENT / KUNde | Klient is formal/legal; Kunde is general |
| Concept | CONcept | Konzept | KonZEPT | |
| Conference | CONference | Konferenz | KonFErenz | |
| Document | DOCument | Dokument | DoKUment | |
| Emotion | EMOtion | Emotion | EMOtion | |
| Energy | ENergy | Energie | EnERgie | |
| Factor | FACtor | Faktor | FakTOR | |
| Global | GLObal | Global | GLObal | |
| Hotel | HoTEL | Hotel | HoTEL | |
| Idea | IDEa | Idee | IDEE | |
| Information | InforMAtion | Information | InformaTIon | |
| Innovation | InnoVAtion | Innovation | InnoVAtion | |
| Journal | JOURnal | Journal | JourNAL | Often a magazine or academic journal |
| Logic | LOGic | Logik | LOgik | |
| Manager | MANager | Manager | MANager | |
| Market | MARket | Markt | MARKT | |
| Modern | MODern | Modern | MOdern | |
| Motivation | MotiVAtion | Motivation | MotiVAtion | |
| Nation | NAtion | Nation | NaTIon | |
| Office | OFfice | Büro / Office | BÜro / OFfice | "Office" is now also used in tech contexts |
| Partner | PARTner | Partner | PARTner | |
| Potential | PoTENtial | Potenzial / Potential | PoTENzial / PoTENtial | Both spellings exist |
| Priority | PriORity | Priorität | PriOrität | |
| Product | PRODuct | Produkt | ProDUKT | |
| Project | PROject | Projekt | ProJEKT | |
| Risk | RISK | Risiko | RiSIko | |
| Structure | STRUCture | Struktur | StrukTUR | |
| System | SYStem | System | SYStem | |
| Team | TEAM | Team | TEAM | |
| Talent | TALent | Talent | TaLENT | |
| Tourist | TOURist | Tourist | TouRIST | |
| Version | VERsion | Version | VerSION | |
| Virus | VIrus | Virus | VIrus | |
| Vision | VIsion | Vision | ViSION | |
| Zone | ZONE | Zone | ZOne | |
| Vitamin | VItamin | Vitamin | VitaMIN | Same spelling, different pronunciation |
| Symbol | SYMbol | Symbol | SYMbol | |
| Stress | STRESS | Stress | STRESS | |
| Signal | SIGnal | Signal | SigNAL | |
| Radio | RAdio | Radio | RAdio | |
| Politic / Political | PoLITic / PoLITical | Politik / politisch | PoLItik / poLITisch | |
| Philosophy | PhiLOSophy | Philosophie | PhiLOsophie | |
| Phone / Telephone | PHONE / TELephone | Telefon | TeLEfon | |
| Percentage | PerCENtage | Prozentsatz / Prozentzahl | ProZENTsatz / ProZENTzahl | "Prozent" is more common |
| Plastic | PLAStic | Plastik / Kunststoff | PLAStik / KUNSTstoff | Plastik is informal or colloquial |
| Pause | PAUSE | Pause | PAUse | Same word and meaning |
| Music | MUsic | Musik | MuSIK | |
| Mechanic | MeCHANic | Mechaniker | MeCHAniker | |
| Literature | LITerature | Literatur | LiteraTUR | |
| Laboratory | LABoratory | Labor | LaBOR | |
| Internet | INternet | Internet | INternet | |
| Intelligence | InTELligence | Intelligenz | InTELligenz | |
| Hospital | HOSpital | Hospital / Krankenhaus | HosPItal / KRANKenhaus | "Hospital" in German is very formal |
| Gymnasium | GymNAsium | Gymnasium | GymNAsium | Means academic high school in German! |
| Garage | GaRAGE | Garage | GaRAge | |
| Festival | FEStival | Festival | FesTIval | |
| Design | DeSIGN | Design | DeSIGN | |
| Agent | Agent | Agent | AGENT | |
| Apartment | APARTment | Apartment / Appartement | APARTment / ApPARtement | Used in real estate ads |
| Artist | ARTist | Artist / Künstler | ARTist / KÜNStler | "Artist" is used more in circus/theatre |
| Bank | BANK | Bank | BANK | |
| Battery | BATtery | Batterie | BatTErie | Means battery in both languages |
| Café | CAfé | Café | CaFÉ | |
| Campus | CAMpus | Campus | CAMpus | |
| Champion | CHAMpion | Champion | ChamPIon | Used in sports |
| Chef | CHEF | Chef | CHEF | But means 'boss' in German! |
| Computer | ComPUter | Computer | ComPUter | |
| Container | ConTAINer | Container | ConTAIner | |
| Culture | CULture | Kultur | KulTUR | |
| Design | DeSIGN | Design | DeSIGN | |
| Detail | DEtail | Detail | DeTAIL | |
| Drama | DRAma | Drama | DRAma | |
| Effect | EFFECT | Effekt | EfFEKT | Effect or visual effect |
| Export | EXport | Export | ExPORT | |
| Film | FILM | Film | FILM | |
| Garage | GaRAGE | Garage | GaRAge | |
| Grammar | GRAMmar | Grammatik | GramMAtik | |
| Hobby | HOBby | Hobby | HOBby | |
| Hotel | HoTEL | Hotel | HoTEL | |
| Idea | IDEa | Idee | IDEE | |
| Import | IMport | Import | ImPORT | |
| Journalist | JOURnalist | Journalist | JourNAlist | |
| Camera | CAMera | Kamera | KaMEra | Means camera, not room |
| Manager | MANager | Manager | MANager | |
| Method | METHod | Methode | MeTHOde | |
| Minute | MINute | Minute | MiNUte | |
| Model | MODel | Modell | MoDELL |
