ENGLISH WORDS THAT AMUSINGLY MEAN SOMETHING ELSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES

CRAP

In Romanian, this means “carp”, as in the fish. In fact, many

of the fish egg salads sold in Romania have the word

“crap” plastered on them.

VADER

In Dutch, it means “father”.

TROMBONE

In French, this is a paperclip.

In Swedish, “kiss” means “pee”.

DUMP

This means “bump” in Swedish. If you’ve been paying attention

you’ll have noticed that “speed bump” in Swedish would

be “fart dump”.

AIR

In Indonesian, this means “water”.

PEPPERONI

In Italian, this is a chili pepper.

HANDY

This means “cellphone” in German.