Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>> Vierzilinderzerknalltreipling
> Vier zilinder zerknall treipling
> Four cylinder explosion (driver? motor? power source?)

Yup, you've got it.  The normal English name would be "Four cylinder
internal combustion engine".

> English   Dutch    German
> Sea       zee      Meer
> Lake      meer     See

Then there's also the English "moor" which is the same word as "meer", but
means something more like "bog" or "meadow".

> My favourite mistake was asking a German farmer for a place to set up my
> tent: "Haben Sie ein platz fur mich zum kampfen?" => "Do you have a
> place for me to fight?" (Dutch "Kamperen" != German "Kampfen").

Good one!


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