False Friends - Adjectives et al.

actual tatsächlich......................,,..................................................aktuell current

also auch...................................................................................................also so

apart getrennt.....................................................................................apart fancy

arm der Arm; die Waffe...........................................................................arm poor

bald kahl (Glatze)...................................................................................bald soon

brave tapfer .......................................................................... brav well-behaved

brief kurz..................................................................................... der Brief letter

concrete der Beton .................................................................... konkret specific

consequent(ly) infolgedessen .........,................................ konsequent consistent
curious neugierig ..............................................................kurios strange, bizarre

decent anständig............................................................ dezent discreet, modest

to defect sich absetzen.................................................................. defekt broken

delicate empfindlich...................................................................delikat delicious

engaged verlobt...................................................................engagiert committed

equal gleich................................................................. Das ist egal! Never mind!

eventually schließlich .............................................. eventuell possibly, perhaps

familiar bekannt ........................................................................ familiär informal

famous berühmt..............................................................................famos splendid

fast schnell .......................................................................................... fast almost

fatal tödlich................................................................................... fatal disastrous
firmly fest; kräftig ........................................................ förmlich formal; virtually

genial angenehm............................................................................genial brilliant

gracious gütig.............................................................................. graziös graceful

guilty schuldig......................................................................................gültig valid

herb das (Küchen-)Kraut ................................................... herb harsh, bitter, dry
handy praktisch............................................................. das Handy mobile phone

hardly kaum............................................................................................hart hard

idle untätig ............................................................................................ eitel vain

massive riesig.....................................................................................massiv solid

middle-aged (Person)mittleren Alters ........................... mittelalterlich medieval

mundane profan.......................................................... mondän chic, fashionable

ordinary gewöhnlich.......................................................................ordinär vulgar

pathetic erbärmlich.......................................................... pathetisch solemn, lofty

personal persönlich................................................... das Personal staff/personnel

plump mollig....................................................................................plump clumsy

pregnant schwanger....................................................................prägnant concise

principal Haupt-.................................................prinzipiell fundamental(ly), always

rentable mietbar.......................................................................rentabel profitable
scrupulous gewissenhaft .................................. skrupellos ruthless unscrupulous

self-conscious verlegen .......................................... selbstbewusst self-confident

sensible vernünftig ..................................................................... sensibel sensitive

serious ernst ............................................................................ seriös respectable

sharp scharf (knife), spitz (pencil) ........................................ scharf (Gewürz) hot

small klein........................................................................................schmal narrow
stark ganz, völlig; nüchtern ................................................................. stark strong

still immer noch, doch (auch manchmal still) .................................. still quiet, calm

strong stark...........................................................................................streng strict

sympathetic mitfühlend................................................. sympathisch nice, likeable

vital lebensnotwendig.....................................,...................................vital energetic

while während .................................................................................... weil because

wide breit......................................................................................................weit far