Which German words look English but mean something else?

Example in context

Das Gift ist gefährlich. — The poison is dangerous. Ich bekomme ein Geschenk. — I receive a gift.

German Gift means poison, not an English gift; Geschenk is a common word for a present. Another example is aktuell, which often means current, rather than actually.

Try it with input

When a familiar-looking word makes a sentence strange, look it up and record the whole phrase. Read another example before you use the word yourself.

A word may have more than one meaning. These examples are warnings to check context, not complete dictionary entries.

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