Saturday, September 5, 2015

Words with double-meanings: Homonyms....z.B. Teekesselchen!

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das Teekesselchen (homonym; auch: das Homonym; little tea kettle)
die Bank (the $$ institution we know; bench)
der Bienenstich (honey cake, with pudding and slivered almonds; bee sting)
die Blase (bladder ; blister)
blau (blue; hungover)
die Blume (rabbit's tale; flower)
die Bremse (horsefly; brakes)
der Drache  (dragon)   der Drachen (kite)
die Lehre (apprenticeship; doctrine)
der Schimmel (light colored horse; mold --- schimmelig)
die Stimme (voice; vote)
das Schloß (the castle; lock)
der Single  (unattached)  die Single (1-track)
der Strom (electricity; river bed-stream)
der Frankfurter (sausage; citizen of Frankfurt)
der Kater (male cat; headache)

Others:
der Läufer (runner/messenger; stretcher; long narrow rug or cloth)
die Fahne (flag / banner / ensign; plume; vane)
der Himmel (sky; heaven; ceiling)
die Kette (chain; necklace; shackle)
die Birne (pear; lightbulb)
der Leiter (leader; ladder)

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