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#german language - don't confuse these:
berichten - to report
berichtigen - to correct
besichtigen - to come look at (an exhibition)
bezichtigen - to accuse
verzichten - to abstain
verrichten - to do (work)
vernichten - to annihilate
etwas übergeben - to hand over something
sich übergeben - to vomit
sich ergeben - to surrender, or: to happen (serendipitously)
abdichten - to seal (rendre étanche)
verdichten - to compress
dichten - to compose poetry
der Bau - construction; jail; den (e.g. foxhole)
erbaulich - edifying (same metaphor)
Bauklötzchen staunen - to be very astonished (don't ask)
bauen - to build
ausbauen - to expand
ausbauen - to remove
(yes, it's homonymous and can lead to misunderstandings)
