Some words just travel well. Shared Latin roots, French borrowings, and modern business and tech vocabulary have left German and Polish with a surprising number of words that look almost the same - think number: German nummer / Polish numer, or project: German projekt / Polish projekt. This page lines up such pairs side by side so you can see the patterns at a glance and put them to work.
On Vocab Voyage you see the English prompt and type the German word from memory - accents are forgiven, so you can focus on getting the word itself right. Spaced repetition brings back the ones you're shakiest on, which helps here: a few of these pairs look alike but drift apart in meaning. Sign up with just an email - no card, no password - and work through the list at your own pace.
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| # | English | German | Polish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mom | mama | mama |
| 2 | number | nummer | numer |
| 3 | captain | kapitän | kapitan |
| 4 | doctor | Doktor | doktor |
| 5 | office | büro | biuro |
| 6 | interest | interesse | interes |
| 7 | buddy | kumpel | kumpel |
| 8 | point | punkt | punkt |
| 9 | idea | idee | idea |
| 10 | club | klub | klub |
| 11 | program | programm | program |
| 12 | company | firma | firma |
| 13 | free | frei | free |
| 14 | contact | kontakt | kontakt |
| 15 | style | stil | styl |
| 16 | dad | papa | papa |
| 17 | center | zentrum | centrum |
| 18 | project | projekt | projekt |
| 19 | line | linie | linia |
| 20 | laboratory | laboratorium | laboratorium |
| 21 | documents | dokumente | dokument |
| 22 | pistol | pistole | pistolet |
| 23 | energy | energie | energia |
| 24 | murder | mord | mord |
| 25 | director | direktor | dyrektor |
| 26 | absolute | absolut | absolutny |
| 27 | demon | dämon | demon |
| 28 | account | konto | konto |
| 29 | alcohol | alkohol | alkohol |
| 30 | nature | natur | natura |
| 31 | magazine | magazin | magazyn |
| 32 | photography | fotografie | fotografia |
| 33 | magic | magie | magia |
| 34 | roof | dach | dach |
| 35 | trade | handel | handel |
| 36 | channel | kanal | kanał |
| 37 | mask | maske | maska |
| 38 | concert | konzert | koncert |
| 39 | round | runde | runda |
| 40 | inspector | inspektor | inspektor |
| 41 | grave | grab | grób |
| 42 | immunity | immunität | immunitet |
| 43 | library | bibliothek | biblioteka |
| 44 | cinema | kino | kino |
| 45 | commander | kommandant | komendant |
| 46 | character | charakter | charakter |
| 47 | copy | kopie | kopię |
| 48 | assistant | assistent | asystent |
| 49 | costume | kostüm | kostium |
| 50 | model | modell | model |
| 51 | product | produkt | produkt |
| 52 | culture | kultur | kultura |
| 53 | secretary | Sekretärin | sekretarz |
| 54 | pulse | puls | puls |
| 55 | technology | technologie | technologia |
| 56 | brand | marke | marka |
| 57 | motel | motel | motel |
| 58 | surgeon | chirurg | chirurg |
| 59 | complete | komplett | kompletny |
| 60 | protocol | protokoll | protokół |
| 61 | metal | metall | metal |
| 62 | throne | thron | tron |
| 63 | percent | prozent | procent |
| 64 | beast | bestie | bestia |
| 65 | accent | akzent | akcent |
| 66 | profile | profil | profil |
| 67 | series | serie | seria |
| 68 | academy | akademie | akademia |
| 69 | fashion | mode | moda |
| 70 | clinic | klinik | klinika |
| 71 | steel | stahl | stal |
| 72 | figure | figur | figura |
| 73 | sector | sektor | sektor |
| 74 | conflict | konflikt | konflikt |
| 75 | instinct | instinkt | instynkt |
| 76 | empire | imperium | imperium |
| 77 | compliment | kompliment | komplement |
| 78 | cable | kabel | kabel |
| 79 | credit | kredit | kredyt |
| 80 | vodka | wodka | wódka |
| 81 | stadium | stadion | stadion |
| 82 | priority | priorität | priorytet |
| 83 | procedure | prozedur | procedura |
| 84 | opera | oper | opera |
| 85 | form | formular | formularz |
| 86 | congress | kongress | kongres |
| 87 | waiter | kellner | kelner |
| 88 | hall | halle | hall |
| 89 | chemistry | chemie | chemia |
| 90 | record | rekord | rekord |
| 91 | gallery | galerie | galeria |
| 92 | scandal | skandal | skandal |
| 93 | territory | territorium | terytorium |
| 94 | banana | banane | banan |
| 95 | balloon | ballon | balon |
| 96 | march | märz | marsz |
| 97 | popular | populär | popularny |
| 98 | author | autor | autor |
| 99 | scholarship | stipendium | stypendium |
| 100 | committee | komitee | komitet |
| 101 | structure | struktur | struktura |
| 102 | tip | tipp | tip |
| 103 | hard | hart | hard |
| 104 | republic | republik | republika |
| 105 | package | paket | pakiet |
| 106 | choir | chor | chór |
| 107 | female student | studentin | studentka |
| 108 | colony | kolonie | kolonia |
| 109 | autograph | autogramm | autograf |
| 110 | microphone | mikrofon | mikrofon |
| 111 | |||
| 112 | caliber | kaliber | kaliber |
| 113 | fan | ventilator | wentylator |
| 114 | tournament | turnier | turniej |
| 115 | psychologist | psychologe | psycholog |
| 116 | institute | institut | instytut |
| 117 | cocaine | kokain | kokaina |
| 118 | photographer | fotograf | fotograf |
| 119 | telegram | telegramm | telegram |
| 120 | senate | senat | senat |
| 121 | melody | melodie | melodia |
| 122 | literature | literatur | literatura |
| 123 | balcony | balkon | balkon |
| 124 | probe | sonde | sonda |
| 125 | portrait | porträt | portret |
| 126 | nuclear | nuklear | nuklearny |
| 127 | category | kategorie | kategoria |
| 128 | supermarket | supermarkt | supermarket |
| 129 | ruins | ruine | ruina |
| 130 | tequila | Tequila | tequila |
| 131 | holidays | ferien | ferie |
| 132 | marijuana | marihuana | marihuana |
| 133 | poster | plakat | plakat |
| 134 | cartel | kartell | kartel |
| 135 | climate | klima | klimat |
| 136 | helmet | helm | hełm |
| 137 | compromise | kompromiss | kompromis |
| 138 | psychiatrist | psychiater | psychiatra |
| 139 | banker | bankier | bankier |
| 140 | dynamite | Dynamit | dynamit |
| 141 | volcano | vulkan | wulkan |
| 142 | apocalypse | apokalypse | apokalipsa |
| 143 | irony | ironie | ironia |
| 144 | therapist | therapeut | terapeuta |
| 145 | epidemic | epidemie | epidemia |
| 146 | courier | kurier | kurier |
| 147 | column | kolumne | kolumna |
| 148 | ruby | rubin | rubin |
| 149 | architect | architekt | architekt |
| 150 | artifact | artefakt | artefakt |
| 151 | reactor | reaktor | reaktor |
| 152 | plastic | plastik | plastik |
| 153 | parliament | parlament | parlament |
| 154 | poodle | pudel | pudel |
| 155 | pact | pakt | pakt |
| 156 | harmony | harmonie | harmonia |
| 157 | creature | kreatur | kreatura |
| 158 | millionaire | millionär | milioner |
| 159 | continent | kontinent | kontynent |
| 160 | crocodile | krokodil | krokodyl |
| 161 | ranch | Ranch | rancho |
| 162 | anomaly | anomalie | anomalia |
| 163 | compass | kompass | kompas |
| 164 | puppet | marionette | marionetka |
| 165 | editor | redakteur | redaktor |
| 166 | capital | kapital | kapitał |
| 167 | yacht | jacht | jacht |
| 168 | sympathy | sympathie | sympatia |
| 169 | cardboard | karton | karton |
| 170 | industry | industrie | industria |
| 171 | olympiad | olympiade | olimpiada |
| 172 | cocoa | kakao | kakao |
| 173 | bandage | pflaster | plaster |
| 174 | catholic | katholik | katolik |
| 175 | consulate | konsulat | konsulat |
| 176 | meteorite | meteorit | meteoryt |
| 177 | catalog | katalog | katalog |
| 178 | boarding school | internat | internat |
| 179 | perfume | parfum | perfum |
| 180 | scalpel | skalpell | skalpel |
| 181 | cliff | kliff | klif |
| 182 | comet | komet | kometa |
| 183 | rank | rang | ranga |
| 184 | telescope | teleskop | teleskop |
| 185 | cobra | kobra | kobra |
| 186 | fury | furie | furia |
| 187 | billionaire | milliardär | miliarder |
| 188 | legendary | legendär | legendarny |
| 189 | paragraph | paragraf | paragraf |
| 190 | taboo | tabu | tabu |
| 191 | crater | krater | krater |
| 192 | microscope | mikroskop | mikroskop |
| 193 | scorpion | skorpion | skorpion |
| 194 | spectacular | spektakulär | spektakularny |
| 195 | ramp | rampe | rampa |
| 196 | provisions | proviant | prowiant |
| 197 | tractor | traktor | traktor |
| 198 | ruble | rubel | rubel |
| 199 | regular | regulär | regularny |
| 200 | anatomy | anatomie | anatomia |
Largely because both languages took in words from Latin, French, and international scientific and business vocabulary, and Polish also borrowed directly from German over the centuries. Pairs like laboratory: German laboratorium / Polish laboratorium come straight out of that shared borrowing.
Some are, like club: German klub / Polish klub, but most differ by a letter or two along small, learnable patterns - for example number: German nummer / Polish numer, or documents: German dokumente / Polish dokument. The list is built around these close-but-not-identical cases.
You see the English prompt and type the matching German word from memory, with accents forgiven so you can concentrate on the spelling patterns. Spaced repetition brings the trickier pairs back more often - like interest: German interesse / Polish interes - until the difference sticks.
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