Word meanings in different language
By gcarter7984
@gcarter7984 (57)
United States
    November 19, 2006 4:54pm CST
                         
            Got inspired from a recent post... These are words we use everyday... Check out their meaning in another language... German!Let me know what you think... If you have anymore from another language, hit me up!GIFT a present poison 
DANK chilly wet gratefulness, thanks 
STARK bare, grim, harsh strong 
KIND nice, generous a child 
HUT small building a hat 
ROCK a stone; to move back and forth a skirt 
STOCK a share in a company a cane 
MITTEN a glove in the middle 
SAGE a wise person say[first person, present tense]; also a saga 
LINKS plural of link, connections left[opposite to right] 
TOLL a charge for road usage fantastic 
BOOT a tall shoe boat 
LUNGE a sudden thrust lung 
GUT intestine or stomach good 
MIST light fog dung, manure 
NOT in no way an emergency 
LAST at the end freight, burden 
HANDY easy to handle cellular phone[new word] 
MOST superlative of many apple cider[Southern Germany, Austria] 
RIND a tough outer covering, of cheese for example an individual of cattle 
LOT a considerable quantity a plumb 
TALK speak talc 
BAD evil, harmful bath 
RAT a rodent advice 
TRUNK the nose of an elefant a drink (together with some people) 
LIED past tense of "to lie" a song 
HALL a large room a short echo 
FAST quickly almost 
BRIEF short a letter 
SAME identical, e.g., at the same time a seed 
BALD lacking of natural covering, e.g., hair  soon 
SOLD past tense of "to sell"  a soldier's salary  
LAG  to fall behind  past tense of "legen" (intransitive verb, i.e., lie)  
GLUT  an oversupply  embers  
LACK  to be deficient  lacquer  
WAR  an armed conflict  past tense of "sein" (to be)  
TOT  a small child  dead (adverb)  
TOTE  to carry by hand as in tote-bag  dead (adjective)  
GRAB  to seize  a grave  
LIST  a sequence  craftiness  
JAMMER  one that jams  misery  
KIPPER  a fish cured in salt  a dump truck  
STERN  firm and unyielding  a star  
  
SEE  to behold with your eyes  a lake  
ART  The production of beautiful forms of sound or shape  a species  
ANGEL  a spiritual being attendant upon God  a fishing rod  
BAT  A flying mammal; a wooden club  past tense of "bitten" (to ask for something)  
HAT  a head covering  third person present tense for "haben" (to have)  
MUTTER  to speak indistinctly in a low voice  mother  
LEG  a lower extremity in a human  imperative for "legen" (to lay)  
LOG  the fallen trunk of a tree  past tense of "lügen" (to lie)  
TEE  a t-shaped peg to place a golf ball on  tea  
MADE  past tense of "to make"  a maggot  
SUCH  As in "such as"  imperative for "suchen" (to search)  
LURCH  to roll or pitch suddenly  a salamander  
MARK  a sign or visible impression  marrow (like "Knochenmark" bone-marrow)  
QUALM  a sensation of doubt, uneasiness ("to have no qualms about it")  thick smoke  
MAUL  to bruise or tear ("mauled by a wild animal")  the mouth of an animal ("das Maul halten" to shut up)  
WELT  a ridge or bump raised on the skin by a lash or blow  the world
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