Appendix:False friends between German and Romanian

This is a list of false friends between German and Romanian. These are word pairs similar in appearance but different in meaning, even though some of them come from the same root. Some of them are partial false friends in that one of the words covers a meaning the other doesn't, but they still share some of the meanings. Green background means that they are partial false friend, i.e. sharing at least one meaning.

German word	Romanian translation	English translation	Romanian word	German translation	English translation
alt	bătrân / vechi	old	alt	anderer	other
am	la	at	am	(ich) habe	(I) have
Arme	brațe	arms	armă	Waffe	weapon
Bann	vrajă	spell	ban	Münze	coin
Bahre	tragă	stretcher	bară	Stab	bar
Bäcker	brutar	baker	becher	Junggeselle	bachelor
Blockhaus	cabană	log cabin	blochaus	Geschosswohnungsbau	apartment building
bot	ofeream / oferea	(I / he / she) offered	bot	Schnauze	snout
Brand	incendiu	blaze	brand	Marke	brand
brav	cuminte	well-behaved	brav	tapfer	brave
Kai	chei	quay	cai	Pferde	horses
Kalk	var	lime	calc	Lehnübersetzung	calque
kalt	rece	cold	cald	warm	warm
kam	veneam / venea	(I / he / she) came	cam	ziemlich	rather
Kamin	cămin	chimney	cămin	Studentenwohnheim	dormitory
Karriere	carieră	career	carieră	Steinbruch	quarry
kipp!	răstoarnă!	tip over!	chip	Antlitz	visage
Konkurs	faliment	bankruptcy	concurs	Wettkampf	contest
Korb	coș	basket	corb	Rabe	raven
Kot	excrement	feces	cot	Ellenbogen	elbow
Krug	ulcior	jug	crug	Umlaufbahn	orbit
Kur	cură	treatment course	cur	Arsch	ass
da	acolo	there	da	ja	yes
Daune	puf	down feather	daună	Schaden	damage
Dom	catedrală	cathedral	dom	Kuppel	dome
drum	de aia	therefore	drum	Weg	way
fast	aproape	almost	fast	Prunk	splendor
frag!	întreabă!	ask!	frag	Walderdbeere	woodland strawberry
Fund	descoperire	finding	fund	Po	butt
Gardine	perdea	curtain	gardină	Falz	rabbet
Glas	sticlă	glass	glas	Stimme	voice
Glaswand	glasvand	glass wall	glasvand	Glastür	French door
Goal	gol	goal	gol	leer	empty
Gras	iarbă	grass	gras	dick	fat
groß	mare	big	gros	dick	thick
Hain	dumbravă	grove	hain	grausam	cruel
Haine	dumbrăvi	groves	haine	Kleider	clothes
Haar	păr	hair	har	Gnade	grace
herb	no equivalent	no equivalent	herb	Landeswappen	coat of arms of a country
jede	fiecare	each	iede	Kitze	kids
Jute	iută	jute	iute	scharf	spicy
leg!	pune!	put!	leg	(ich) verbinde	(I) connect
mag	no equivalent	(I / he / she) like(s)	mag	Magier	magician
Mai	mai	May	mai	-er	more
Mal	dată	time	mal	Ufer	shore
Maare	maaruri	maars	mare	Meer	sea
Maß	măsură	measure	mas	Einkehr	no equivalent
Masse	masă	mass	masă	Tisch	table
Matura	bacalaureat	A level	matură	Besen	broom
Mine	mină	mine	mine	mich	me
Miete	chirie	rent	mite	Bestechungsgelder	bribes
Moor	mlaștină	swamp	mor	(ich) sterbe / (sie) sterben	(I / they) die
Nu	clipă	blink of an eye	nu	nein	no
Ort	loc	place	ort	no equivalent	no equivalent
Palme	palmier	palm	palmă	Handfläche	palm
Parasit	parazit	parasite	părăsit	verlassen	deserted
Passat	alizeu	trade wind	pasat	gepasst	passed
prima	grozav	great	prima	erste	first f
prostǃ	norocǃ	cheersǃ	prost	Dummkopf	idiot
Puff	bordel	brothel	puf	Daune	down feather
rege	activ	brisk	rege	König	king
Rocker	rocker	rocker	rocă	Gestein	rock
Ruder	vâslă	oar	rudă	Verwandter	relative
Sau	scroafă	sow	sau	oder	or
Stau	ambuteiaj	traffic jam	stau	(ich) stehe / (sie) stehen	(I / they) stay
Sud	decoct	stock	sud	Süden	south
Tau	rouă	dew	tău	dein	your
tot	mort	dead	tot	alles	everything
und	și	and	unt	Butter	butter
Wallach	cal castrat	gelding	valah	Walache	Vlach
was	ce	what	vas	Gefäß	vessel
Weste	vestă	vest	veste	Neuigkeit	tidings