Creating German words

Use these conversion techniques to create hundreds of German words out of English.

Many words ending	become...	Examples
in... in English	in German
ion	stay the same	Information
		Situation
		Portion
ant	stay the same	arrogant
		tolerant
		Restaurant
ent	stay the same	intelligent
		prominent
		Experiment
al	stay the same	formal
		normal
		ideal
or	stay the same	Professor
		Pastor
		Motor
ist	stay the same	Tourist
		Realist
		Optimist
um	stay the same	Maximum
		Minimum
		Museum
ade	stay the same	Blockade
		Parade
		Serenade

Many words ending	become...	Examples
in... in English	in German
ic/ical	isch	political = politisch
		typical = typisch
		romantic = romantisch
ive	iv	negative = negativ
		intensive = intensiv
		impulsive = impulsiv
ty	tät	reality = Realität
		identity = Identität
		mentality = Mentalität
am	amm	gram = Gramm
		anagram = Anagramm
		diagram = Diagramm
ure	ur	cure = Kur
		nature = Natur
		sculpture = Skulptur
sm	smus	enthusiasm =
		Enthusiasmus
		optimism = Optimismus
		pessimism = Pessimismus
ance	anz	ignorance = Ignoranz
		tolerance = Toleranz
		elegance = Eleganz
ence	enz	intelligence = Intelligenz
		turbulence = Turbulenz
		conference = Konferenz
at / ate	at	private = privat
		duplicate = Duplikat
		diplomat = Diplomat

Use these consonant swapping techniques to transform Anglo-Saxon English words into German.

An English letter...	is often a...	Examples
	in German
d	t	hard = hart
		cold = kalt
		to drink = trinken
th	d	thing = Ding
		thorn = Dorn
		to thank = danken
k	ch	book = Buch
		to make = machen
		to break = brechen
y	g	to say = sagen
		to lay = legen
		to fly = fliegen
ght	cht	sight = Sicht
		light = Licht
		daughter = Tochter
p	pf	plaster = Pflaster
(at or near the		pan = Pfanne
beginning of a word)		pepper = Pfeffer
p	f	sharp = scharf
(in the middle or at the		ship = Schiff
end of a word)		help = helfen
v	b	to have = haben
(in the middle or at the		to live = leben
end of a word)		to give = geben
t	s	what? = was?
(in the middle or at the		water = Wasser
end of a word)		better = besser