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Click the Odd Translation

Four words from various languages. Three mean the same thing. Can you click the one which means something else?
Check the explanations after the quiz for English translations!
Quiz by overtired
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Last updated: January 13, 2025
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First submittedApril 3, 2023
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1. Which is the odd one out?
Apfel
Pomme
Manzana
Citroen
3 mean apple (Apfel = German, Pomme = French, Manzana = Spanish) 1 means lemon (Citroen = Dutch)
2. Which is the odd one out?
Maison
Haus
Casa
Templom
3 mean house (Maison = French, Casa = Spanish, Haus = German) 1 means church (Templom = Hungarian)
3. Which is the odd one out?
Eau
Fogo
Woda
Agua
3 mean water (Eau = French, Agua = Spanish, Woda = Polish) 1 means fire (Fogo = Portuguese)
4. Which is the odd one out?
Hayır
Da
Ja
Oui
3 mean yes (Da = Russian, Ja = Swedish, Oui = French) 1 means no (Hayır = Turkish)
5. Which is the odd one out?
Chien
Cachorro
Gato
Hund
3 mean dog (Chien = French, Hund = German, Cachorro = Portuguese) 1 means cat (Gato = Spanish)
6. Which is the odd one out?
Boisson
Eten
Comida
Essen
3 mean food (Comida = Spanish, Essen = German, Eten = Dutch) 1 means drink (Boisson = French)
7. Which is the odd one out?
Amarillo
Huángsè
Jaune
Schwarz
3 mean yellow (Jaune = French, Amarillo = Spanish, Huángsè = Mandarin) 1 means black (Schwarz = German)
8. Which is the odd one out?
Groß
Grand
Ampla
Piccolo
3 mean large (Groß = German, Ampla = Portuguese, Grand = French) 1 means small (Piccolo = Italian)
9. Which is the odd one out?
Nǐ hǎo
Kon'nichiwa
Vaarwel
Bonjour
3 mean hello (Bonjour = French, Kon'nichiwa = Japanese, Nǐ hǎo = Mandarin) 1 means goodbye (Vaarwel = Dutch)
10. Which is the odd one out?
Regn
Sole
Pluie
Lluvia
3 mean rain (Lluvia = Spanish, Regn = Swedish, Pluie = French) 1 means sun (Sole = Italian)
11. Which is the odd one out?
Schwein
Porc
Björn
Cerdo
3 mean pig (Porc = French, Cerdo = Spanish, Schwein = German) 1 means bear (Björn = Swedish)
12. Which is the odd one out?
Stuhl
Cama
Chaise
Stoel
3 mean chair (Chaise = French, Stoel = Dutch, Stuhl = German) 1 means bed (Cama = Spanish)
13. Which is the odd one out?
Hut
Sombrero
Kapélo
Chaussure
3 mean hat (Sombrero = Spanish, Hut = German, Kapélo = Greek) 1 means shoe (Chaussure = French)
14. Which is the odd one out?
Montagna
Gleann
Mauna
Berg
3 mean mountain (Mauna = Hawaiian, Berg = German, Montagna = Italian) 1 means valley (Gleann = Scots Gaelic)
15. Which is the odd one out?
Salam
Mir
Pace
Krieg
3 mean peace (Salam = Arabic, Mir = Russian, Pace = Italian) 1 means war (Krieg = German)
19 Comments
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Level 71
Apr 3, 2023
Nice one! And the explanations make the quiz even better. Nominated :)
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Level 85
Apr 3, 2023
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it... and always nice to hear when people read the explanations!
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Level 73
May 18, 2023
Great quiz. Sessel in German means armchair, the word for a regular chair would be Stuhl
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Level 85
May 18, 2023
Thanks, changed it.
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Level 73
Jun 9, 2023
In German, food is usually Essen, Lebensmittel is more specific and means groceries. If you want a replacement that’s less similar to the Dutch, I can suggest the Czech for food, which is ‘jídlo?’
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Level 85
Jun 9, 2023
Changed it to Essen, thanks. No problem with them being similar... gives a hint. I've tried to use words that people might know or be able to work out.
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Level 72
Jun 11, 2023
Citroën is definitely the odd one out cause it's a car
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Level 85
Jun 11, 2023
I bought a Citroën once. Was a real lemon.
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Level 62
Jun 12, 2023
I love how the meanings are related. Great execution.
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Level 72
May 8, 2024
I had answered all with 5 minutes left. Good thing I used that time to go over them again. I was not sure about the chaussure one. Best I initially could make of them is hut-(dutch and english for a simple structure) and figured kapelo was a version of chapel (there is dutch kapel, but many other languages with a similar word, mostly kapela but I checked just now and kapelo also exists) so I went with "buildings".. no recollection of what chaussure was.

Then somehow kapélo reminded me of headgear (perhaps partly through dutch keppeltje (yarmulke) but I thought about something slavic too, though I can't find what it could have been, ah it might have been ukrainian) and only then I did not see hut as hut anymore, but as the translation of hat. I guess it is because hut and the german Hut is pronounced very different (Dutch and English are rather close) once you got a certain sound in your head it is difficult to see it as something else.

Well long story short. I got them all. 1 tricky

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Level 85
May 8, 2024
Well done. For English people I was hoping that kapelo would remind them of cap.
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Level 32
Jan 23, 2025
I am Turkish but that certainly reminded me of "kep" (from cap) haha!
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Level 79
Jan 13, 2025
Uh… I somehow aced this from context clues and very limited knowledge of a couple languages beyond English. This must be a very well made quiz if a monolingual person like me could be successful!
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Level 85
Jan 13, 2025
Well done. That’s nice to hear :) I did try to look for words people could make educated guesses about.
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Level 47
Jan 13, 2025
Stol is specifically a table in many Slavic languages including Russian, Polish, and similar variants can be found in like Serbian as well. Please pick a different example for that one.
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Level 85
Jan 13, 2025
Changed it to the Dutch “stoel”. Hopefully that’s ok. I can’t account for every similar variant as languages are related and false friends abound. As long as it isn’t specifically a different word in another major language. Thanks
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Level 66
Jan 13, 2025
Great one. its good for all of us to train languages languages a little bit instead of all the geographic and cinema stuff. gotta be featured someday (as a series).
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Level 53
Jan 14, 2025
I now know more Russian than I used to.
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Level 32
Jan 23, 2025
13/15! I knew mir was peace and associated pace with peace as well but I forgot salam meant peace. I am Turkish and we use selam as a greeting so it didn't occur to me. I feel embarrassed that I picked krieg for that one 😅😅😅

This should be a series, it was so fun!