'False friends' are words in one language that look like words in another language, but which have very different meanings. There are a number of false friends in German, where the words look ...

Adjectives close adjectiveA word used to describe a person or thing. can also be turned into nouns in German. In fact, we sometimes do the same in English too, usually to denote a collective group of ...

What is the special perfidy of nouns? They can deceive us by showing us a state of reality that is perhaps quite different. And in doing so, they can even cause great harm. There are many, many nouns ...