Words · German
German: D
Dach
roof Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English thatch
Greek kept an s at the front (stegō); Latin and the Germanic words lost it. t became th in English and d in German (Dach).
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Donner
thunder Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English thunder
The old t became th in English and Norse (Þ is the th letter). German then moved th on to d. Þórr is the Norse god of thunder, named from the same word. Latin tonāre, "to thunder," kept the t.
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drei
three Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English three
The old t became th in English; German later turned that th into d.
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du
you (one person, familiar) Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English thou
t became th in English and d in German. Latin and Russian kept the t.
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