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English German word correspondence, expressing common sound changes
especially yโ‡”dg you:du way:weg honey:honigh
lโ‡”iโ‡”รธ such:solch
nโ‡”รธ manch:much
bโ‡”v/f half:halb love:lieb gave:gab โ€ฆ
pโ‡”pf/f
tโ‡”รŸ/ss water:Wasser shot:SchuรŸ
sโ‡”t goes:geht
g/kโ‡”ch book:Buch brought:brachte high:hoch Loch:Luke
sโ‡”z sign:Zeichen
rโ‡”i/y/รธ boys:Burschen wait:wart
nโ‡”รธ mouth:Mund strong:stark
ngโ‡”nd seeing:sehend living:lebend

Uncommon sound changes
bridge โ‡” Brรผcke

Unexpected closest neighbors, true false friends (trivial left out or below)

Gramatically obscure/inexact matchings are preferred here:
fault Fehler =>
fault fehlt

We maximize the (unscientifically) weighted sum of semantic similarity and lexical (char-per-char) similarity :
If the closest known match strays too far from the english spelling/meaning, we put it into the second list #unresolved, e.g.:
pay Pacht?

There are words which are related but unprettyly corrupted:
short kurz

Then there are words which are very different but related around a corner:
window Wind-Auge

Prefixes don't affect the metric too negatively:
mean|gemein (good match)
born|geboren

EN DE note
carry karren
food Futter
drive treibe
luck glรผck
ride reite
ride Ritt/Route
write Wort!
super 'รผber
surprise (s)รผberasche!
seem schein
past passiert(e,s)
straight (ge)streckt
christmas Christmesse
egg Ei
I ick
break brech
hide hรผte
ass Arsch/Esel
dear teuer
gun Kanone
dot deut kein Deut=kein Stรผck,deuten=Punkte Interpretieren ๐“‡ฝ
bear Bare bring?
leap Lauf jump vs run ๐“ƒน๐“ƒข๐“ƒง๐“ƒฃ
dog Dackel
car Karre
which welch
wish wรผnsch/Wunsch
bit bisschen
working werken
least letzt
fear Furcht
own eign
cup Kaffe? Karaffel?
know kenne
like -lig
need Not,nรถten
mean gemein
grab greif
was war
are war
with mwit
get ? gather
they sie
out aus
sense Sinnes
security Sicherheity
force breche!
up auf
about รผber(dieโ€ฆ)
did tat
instead anstatt
as als
been bin geโ€ฆ
will Wille werd
would wรผrde
or o'er oder?
us uns
say sag
said sagte
pain Pein
trust vertraust!
answer Antwort
really wahrlich!!
sure sicher!
hurry hurtig
little lรผtt
never nieโ€ฆ?
only einzig?
should sollt
doing tun
much manch!
even eben
wait wart
thought doch
work wirk!
life lebe
nice nett
made machte
girl Kerl?!++
fight fecht!
through durch
though doch
thought dachte
next nรคchst
people Pรถbel
officer Offizier
guy Geck?
driver Treiber
should sollt
doing tuend
tonight heu.te nacht
went wander
whole voll
wholly vรถllig
wife Weib
take steck!? touch
kid Kind
floor Flur
forgot vergaรŸ
watch wache
turn drehn
stuff Stoff
face Fresse !?
worry Sworge!
shut Schotte(r/n)
part abfahrt !!! vs Partikel (n.)
deal (aus/zu/ver/...)teil(en) !
afraid a Furcht / befรผrcht
brought brachte
president vorsitzend
shirt Schรผrze
weapon Waffen
coach Kutsche(r)
dark Dreck!
slow schlurf schlapp schleppend schlange??
especially speziell
stuck stock(en)!

probably unmatched because compound:
inside|innenseite
entire|in TOTALER
because|xxx
nothing
until nicht bis?
into
maybe|mag sein
anything|(irgend) ein Ding
before|zuvor
nothing
sometimes
outside auรŸenseite
into
nobody xx
again|auch ein?

unresolved

there must be a better partner?:
die tot
soon Sonne?
anyone irgendein
pay Pacht?
put
sir
call
talk
get,got
if|falls?
very|svery?
sorry
please| โ‡” placฤ“re platt place platziert
down| <<
something|ein Ding?
from|formals?von?
tell|vertell,erzรคhl
but
some|somanch?
been|sein?
back|Brรผcke?Backe?
at
look
take
them|dem,denen
time|Sommer? <<
how|hwie
well|feel? fall? voll?!
want|wollt
move
try
wrong|gewrungen?
listen
every
leave lass? <<
kind
big Berg?
stop stand?
keep
told
again
call
talk
best
use util-- <<
yet
few
business
happy
later
such solch
probably
beautiful << bellitฤ.voll
hit
lost verlierst?
crazy kratzigโ‹
late
easy wasig?
easy << empty aisle
part Partikel? <<
happen
each welch?
true durch&durch? <<
town
hurt
read
number
change Gang (der Zeit)?
married
point
fun
game
she cuts|sie haut?
trouble
couple
get|greift,klaut?
story Wisster โ‡” Meister?
close Klause --
means mittel -- โ‹โ‹
lady Lotte
walk walten
different
important
office
quite
pick
question was.tum ;)
cool kalt โ€ฆ kรผhl
women
body
reason rational
buy
truth
along entlang
either weder!
front frontal
bye
between beiโ€ฆzwischeen
war << Furie
bet biete
glad glรผck?
city stadtle
bitch
black
till
save sicher --
hour (easy, come on)
country Kanton
able apt (rare)
sounds (ab)sonderung --
sound 2.Sund
gentlemen
promise
power
touch
pull
leaving laufen/lassen
parents << vor...
air aroma? orbit? ether?
picture
fast
catch Kescher?
scared
beat!
drop Tropf
darling Teure(r)
poor
throw
small kรผmmerlich?
piece Puzzle
boss โ„ข Bastart ฦ’
clean
certainly
step
bill
quiet
law legen/lesen?
rather rasch/gerade!
possible
goddamn gottverdammt!
mad madig?
tired
less lรผtt?
none nein (nicht-ein)
secret diskret?
wear fahr?
dig << Deich
careful
careful kummervoll?
apart entfernt?
destroy zerstรถr โ‹โ‹โ‹ Troya
empty <
heavy heben
crew โ„ข
victim
get <<<
handle Hand, behandeln
early Uhr?
busy
table
marry
weird verwirrt
court Kurtaxe --
court <<<
worse Wurst?
choice
colonel Kolonie??
lovely lieblich
ray
smart
cover Kopf?
bag Backe?
terrible Terror
caught Kescher
message Mission?
horse arsch?
sell Saal??
quit quitung --
count Kante?? << Kerbholz
charge Cargo, Karre?
cute Katze ;)
key < Kasten?
strange stark stink?
box
present
charge
kept
fool
simple
calm
bar Barikade
record xx Kord/Kerbe
paid pbezahlt?
bar Barikade
bought borgen beugen biegen ฦ’?
certain โ‹โ‹sicher?
history
proud
join
letter โ€ฆ
trip trab!
imagine magie?
ought
pleasure
entire <<< in TOTALER / in + tangere โ€œtouchโ€
difference
judge
lawyer Leger Leser
age archae?
brain <<<
slow schlurf schleppend! schlange??
offer hofier? aufwarte? ob+bear aufbaren! opera(work)
evil Teufel?
teach Tuch? ฦ’ฦ’ฦ’
joke
kick
cash qath = HAND!
honest ernst!?
single <<<
crime kriminal (wasteful stem not used!)
public pรถbelig
art
favor
wall der Wall! Wallung Wald??
jail jaul? Gaul? cave?
push pust?
spent spendiert
jump < jambe=bein
prove Probe?
peace Pacht??
share Schar, Scharte? (Teilung)
tape Tapet --
suit --
neither nichtโ€ฆ
dirty
space
prison
cry
grand groรŸ? -
spot Spuck?
experience xx Erfahrung! xโ‹r pโ‹f cโ‹g
low leg!
gay
angry Gram / grr
blame Blasphemie!
visit Visage/beisitz!?
fellow beilieg? Flegel? --
pal > fellow <<<
guard Wart! โ‡” Gurt?
teacher
raise reissen (heben)
queen Kรถnigin*2
waste Wรผste!
further fahrt?
sold Sold โ‹ Schuld!
beg bettel?<
taste tasten โ‹ probieren!
cup Kappe โ‹โ‹
treat tret?
duty Debit <
conversation xx zusamn-Versen versitzen;)
hero โ„ข Herod Held Harald
continue << โ„ข xx
match
apologize Ablege? โ„ข
trial zerr?
chair Karre? - Kurโ€ฆโ„ข
breathe presse?
enemy
memory
beauty << bellus *berith < fair
choose kiesen! kiezen <<<
stage stadje! stand
sky deckey d:s ?!
bright Licht bricht durch? <<<

---^^/+++:

allow erlaub
tie zieh
due darb! dฤ“bฤ“re (mรผssen/brauchen) Debit
common zsammen sammeln
bird Brut!
strike Streich
close|schloรŸ/schlieรŸ
build baut รธ
rule Regel รธ
greatest grรถรŸtes
search such
huge hoch!
above ob.over รผber.wo? รผber.auf?
risk Risiko
asleep einschlaf entschlaf schlaf'end
bottom Boden!
decide entescheide !
bottle Buttel
tight dicht! ++
beach Bucht < Bach? Becken?
track Strecke, Dreck
reach reich
hole hohl Hรถhle / Loch RTL
luke lau
rid roden!
flight flรผchte
grow groรŸ
smoke Smog (neu aber ok)
sad satt haben!! Old English sรฆd โ€œsated, fullโ€
doubt dubios
plenty vielenโ€ฆ
guilty schuldig!!
race rase
chicken Kรผcken

Winter

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