Random Common German Nouns Quiz #2

That is just one example of the wealth of errors present in the list. Still, I believe it is a good source for commonly-used German nouns (I'm not sure where the author got these nouns from though, or if he actually found a list of common English words, then translated them into singular and plural forms in German separately (via Google Translate). A particularly bizarre instance is noun #215 - 'die Lebenden', translated as '(the) living' in English. I don't know what the author was thinking - he must added an 's' after 'living' (thus producing 'livings'), then translated it to give the German plural 'die Livings', which makes no sense and does not exist in the German language.

That's why I always check whether the given gender of each noun is correct and the definitions of each noun if I am not sure, and also to find multiple definitions. Note that many of these German words have multiple definitions and therefore and be translated to multiple words in English. I decide to accept only the most popular translation with the addition of perhaps (usually) one or two more if that German noun is commonly used to refer to those words in English. I may also accept some common synonyms. However, if I find that some English translations are more often referred to in German by some other term, then those translations are not accepted. For instance, I accept 'ground' and 'reason' for 'der Grund', but not 'bottom', as the latter word is more commonly referred to by 'der Boden'.