Most of the words in Baanzish are from Germanic English, in a whimsical mixture of Northern & Southern pronunciations. It has some pre-vowel-shift vowels and most “al” words (eg. “all”, hall”, “falcon”) are still “al”: (al, hal, falk).

There is much Norse: eg. “wiktij” (“important”) is from Norwegian and “vjel” (“machine”) is Icelandic. There is even some mangled Hebrew (eg. “shav“, “sab” & “shosh” for “week”, “army” & “root”). At least one word, tiek (“fine”) is Hindustani.

I have also included a page of Baanzish texts, to which I will add as time goes by.

BASIC VOCABULARIES

I have used two: Ogden’s Basic English word list and the US Information Agency’s “Special English“.

Neither is really adequate. Ogden demonstrates the origin of Basic English in the rarified atmosphere of Oxford University senior common rooms and the Civil Service. Special English is clearly made for telling of the grand events of the day as Americans expect to hear them. Each word list thus lacks huge swathes of basic wordly experience. Ogden does not even include the fundamental words “Honour”, “Duty” and “Loyalty”.

Ideally I would like to see a basic vocabulary produced by a ploughman, but I doubt that I will.

OGDEN’S BASIC VOCABULARY

This is the word list Ogden produced for his “Basic English”, with which words he thought all things could be expressed at a basic level in English.

Ogden divided his list into:

• Operations,
• Things- general words,
• Things – picturable words,
• Qualities – general,
• Qualities – opposites

Word List – in Ogden’s order

OPERATIONS

come – kum	get – get	give – gie	go – gan
keep – held	let – let	make – meik	put – put
seem – siem	take – teik	be – aa	do – due
have – hav	say – spiek	see – sie	send – send
may – mej	will – wil/ shal	about – um/ abrood	across – akros
after – aft	against – genst	among – myng	at – at
before – befoo	between – twien	by – bai	down – anedh
from – from	in – in	off – of	on – on
over – ouver	through – thrue	to – tu	under – under
up – yp	with – med	as – lik / az	for – fey
of – (ov)	till – tuwhen	than – dhan	a – ei
the – dha	all – al	any – enij	every – aliec
no – nei	other – ydher	some – sum	such – dhau
that – dhat	this – hat	I – mie	he – hoo
you – thie/jue	who – whue	and – and	because – hai
but – byt	or – oo	if – if	though – dhou
while – inwhen	how – whau	when – when	where – whee
why – whai	again – rij	ever – altaims	far – dhaa
forward – fooweis	here – hee	near – hier	now – hen
out – aut	still – stil	then – dhen	there – dhee
together – agadh	well – wel	almost – hierlij	enough – nyf
even – selfs	little – lil	much – muc	not – nij
only – einlij	quite – kwait	so – dhau	very – muc / riet
tomorrow – aftdej	yesterday – afoodej	north – nooth	south – sauth
east – iest	west – west	please – kaindlij	yes – jei

THINGS – General words

account – teling	act – dued	addition – ading	adjust – riset in
advertisement – droomaak	agreement – medweyd	air – ee	amount – mucnes
amusement – krak	animal – biest	answer – bakweyd	apparatus – vjelset
approval – jeiweyd	argument – widhspieking	art – aat	attack – tufait
attempt – traj	attention – mindsmaak	attraction – iedroo	authority – wield
back – haind	balance – ievenhev	base – futstee	behaviour – autbeering
belief – kred	birth – beyth	bit – bit	bite – bit
block – blok	blow – blow	body – lic	brass – stanicuprium
bread – bred	breath – briedh	brother – broo	building – haus / bilded
burn – beyn	burst – beyst	business – weykicg	butter – buta
canvas – kanvas	care – kee	cause – wai	chalk – calk
chance – caans	change – ceincg	cloth – kloth	coal – caastan
colour – kley	comfort – kymf	committee – worentband	company – medband
comparison – likening	competition – widhtrajing	condition – standlau	connection – beind
control – stier	cook – kuk	copper – cuprium	copy – likein
cork – kook	cotton – triewul	cough – kof	country – land
cover – dek	crack – foobreik	credit – lountel	crime – loobrec
crush – krysh	cry – shrij	current – flou	curve – coin
damage – maa	danger – risk	daughter – dait	day – dej
death – deth	debt – owing	decision – cuez maak	degree – step
design – bilting- aut	desire – lyst	destruction – alweisting	detail – kytet
development – growing-footh	digestion – belijing-in	direction – pointing	discovery – fainding-aut
discussion – spieking abrood	disease – siknes	disgust – ilteist	distance – dhaanes
distribution – puting abrood	division – paatening	doubt – twej	drink – drink
driving – draiving	dust – dust	earth – eyth	edge – ecg
education – tukening	effect – autkum	end – end	error – misteik
event – haping	example – baishowing	exchange – swic	existence – aaring
expansion – baagening	experience – witxhaping	expert – skilsman	fact – trut
fall – fal	family – kin	father – dad	fear – fier
feeling – fieling	fiction – falsteil	field – field	fight – fait
fire – fair	flame – fairs tyng	flight – flaj	flower – bluem
fold – fold	food – iet	force – foos	form – sheip
friend – frend	front – foo	fruit – fruet	glass – glaas
gold – gold	government – stiering	grain – grein	grass – gaas
grip – raundhold	group – band	growth – grouth	guide – wied
harbour – shipham	harmony – medsinging.	hate – heit	hearing – hiering
heat – hot	help – help	history – footaimkeen	hole – hol
hope – houp	hour – tiem	humour – krakiaang	ice – ais
idea – mindslog	impulse – shyv	increase – baagorning	industry – weykicg
ink – ink	insect – byg	instrument – tuel	insurance – seifening bond
interest – mindxhold	invention – befaind	iron – fejium	jelly – cgel
join – beind	journey – feering	judge – cgycg	jump – liep
kick – kik	kiss – kis	knowledge – kening	land – land
language – spiekish	laugh – haaha	law – loo	lead – plumbium
learning – tukening	leather – ledha	letter – brief	level – leir
lift – drooring up	light – liet	limit – ecglain	linen – linkloth
liquid – rynij	list – list	loss – nen	love – lyv / lief / eros
machine – vjel	man – moo	manager – stierlieder	mark – maak
market – weengadh	mass – mas	meal – iettaim	measure – miet
meat – flesh	meeting – miet	memory – mindxheld	metal – metium
middle – mid	milk – milk	mind – mind	mine – diging
minute – min	mist – foget	money – gield	month – munth
morning – foomiddej	mother – mam	motion – shifting	mountain – fel
move – shift	music – mjuezik	name – neim	nation – fouk
need – mast	news – taidingen	night – nait	noise – noiz
note – maak	number – telt	observation – siejing tu	offer – bid
oil – oil	operation – weyking	opinion – siejing	order – ood / bied
organization – weykseting	ornament – showij	owner – silfer	page – shiet
pain – heyt	paint – kleyrink	paper – peipa	part – paat
paste – mash	payment – jielding	peace – frith / shalom	person – man
place – stee	plant – plaant	play – showplei	pleasure – upfieling
point – sted	poison – vetue	polish – shieniert	porter – beerer
position – sted	powder – dust	power – wield	price – jieldkost
print – print	process – duewei	produce – bringd-footh	profit – friejield
property – silfdicg	prose – pleinspiek	protest – kaling genst	pull – droo
punishment – pien	purpose – waisend	push – shyv	quality – lau
question – whut	rain – rein	range – riec	rate – kwiknes thrue
ray – rei	reaction – bakduwing	reading – biering	reason – wai
record – holdmaak	regret – soo fieling	relation – kinhud	religion – ruwakines
representative – feystander	request – whuting	respect – welsikt	rest – stilaang
reward – eyning	rhythm – slog	rice – rais	river – flou
road – raid	roll – rol	room – ruem	rub – ryb
rule – ruel	run – ryn	salt – salt	sand – sand
scale – mietlain	science – keen	sea – sij	seat – sit
secretary – aftbiekrais	selection – cuezband	self – self	sense – wit
servant – seyver	sex – seks	shade – sheid	shake – sheik
shame – sheim.	shock – shok	side – said	sign – maak
silk – silk	silver – agium	sister – sais	size – baagnes
sky – skai	sleep – sliep	slip – slip	slope – stiepnes
smash – smash	smell – pong	smile – smail	smoke – smouk
sneeze – cue	snow – snou	soap – soup	society – sithijicg
son – son	song – singd	sort – kind	sound – noiz
soup – broth	space – ruem / jonth	stage – step bood	start – tugan
statement – teilstanding	steam – boilfog	steel – stiel(fejium)	step – step
stitch – stic	stone – stan	stop – holt	story – teil
stretch – strec	structure – set-up	substance – stuf	sugar – suka
suggestion – puted think	summer – symer	support – holding-up	surprise – underkac
swim – swim	system – dielood	talk – spiek	taste – teist
tax – steitteik	teaching – gewiting	tendency – oftstiering	test – trajing
theory – thijor	thing – thing	thought – thinkd	thunder – thunoo
time – taim	tin – stanium	top – upost	touch – tyc
trade – medel	transport – beering-abrood	trick – skilplei	trouble – wou
turn – raut	twist – twist	unit – einit	use – bruk
value – weyth	verse – baadweydbit	vessel – inbeerert	view – siejing aut
voice – spiec	walk – wook	war – woo	wash – wosh
waste – weist	water – weter	wave – weiv	wax – waks
way – wei	weather – wedhey	week – shav	weight – hev
wind – wind	wine – wain	winter – winter	woman – mais
wood – wud	wool – wul	word – weyd	work – weyk
wound – wuend	writing – bieking	year – jier

THINGS – Picturable words

angle – nukmiet	ant – ant	apple – apel	arch – bou
arm – aam	army – sab	baby – beythling	bag – sak
ball – bol	bank – bank	basin – woshboul	basket – widhijbin
bath – baath	bed – bed	bee – bie	bell – ring
berry – berij	bird – beyd	blade – bleid	board – bood
boat – bout	bone – boun	book – buk	boot – shuwag
bottle – flask	box – boks	boy – lad	brain – maind
brake – slowenert	branch – branc	brick – bind	bridge – bricg
brush – brysh	bucket – wetbin	bulb – bylb	button – pip
cake – keik	camera – biltteikert	card – kaad	cart – kaat
carriage – beerert	cat – kat	chain – cein	cheese – ciez
chest – cest	chin – cin	church – ceyc	circle – raundgon
clock – taimsikt	cloud – klaud	coat – kout	collar – nekecg
comb – coum	cord – baind	cow – oksais	cup – kup
curtain – dekkloth	cushion – kushen	dog – haund	door – doo
drain – rynawei	drawer – droobood	dress – dres	drop – lefal / gefal
ear – ier	egg – eg	engine – draivvjel	eye – ie
face – sikt	farm – faam	heart – haat	hook – huk
feather – wingling	finger – fingger	fish – fish	flag – staafkloth
floor – futbood	fly – flaj	foot – fut	fork – fook
fowl – ietbyrd	frame – freim	garden – gaath	girl – lais
glove – handweed	goat – gout	gun – gyn	hair – hee
hammer – smaitert	hand – hand	hat – hat	head – hed
horn – hoon	horse – feed	hospital – sikhaus	house – haus
island – ij	jewel – cgemstan	kettle – boilert	key – kie
knee – nie	knife – kytert	knot – not	leaf – bleid
leg – leg	library – bukhal	line – lain	lip – lip
lock – lok	map – landkaad	match – mac	monkey – eipet
moon – muen	mouth – mauth	muscle – maitlic	nail – neil
neck – nek	needle – droopin	nerve – neyv	net – net
nose – nouz	nut – nyt	office – weykruem	orange – orincg
oven – kukboks	parcel – inrapd	pen – biekert	pencil – biekertet
picture – bilt	pig – pig	pin – pin	pipe – piepert
plane – leir/flajert	plate – flatdish	plough – plau	pocket – pok
pot – pot	potato – potatou	prison – lokhaus	pump – pymp
rail – reil	rat – rat	receipt – hadh	ring – ring
rod – staaf	roof – hausdek	root – shosh	sail – seil
school – skuel	scissors – shier	screw – skrue	seed – seet
sheep – shiep	shelf – leibood	ship – ship	shirt – sheyt
shoe – shue	skin – skin	skirt – skeyt	snake – sneik
sock – sok	spade – digert	sponge – spyncg	spoon – spuen
spring – liepkoil	square – skwee	stamp – biekdmaak	star – staa
station – holtsted	stem – stem	stick – staafet	stocking – longsok
stomach – belij	store – shop	street – strat	sun – sun
table – setbood	tail – teil	thread – thred	throat – throut
thumb – thym	ticket – kaadet	toe – tou	tongue – tyng
tooth – tueth	town – stad	train – feelain / droolain	tray – boodet
three – thrie	trousers – bric	umbrella – reinsheid	wall – wal
watch – taimsiktet	wheel – wiel	whip – wip	whistle – piep
window – windou	wing – wing	wire – metthred	worm – weym

QUALITIES – General

able – kun	acid – asidij	angry – angerij	automatic – selfdueing
beautiful – pritij	black – swaat/ blak	boiling – boiling	bright – briet
broken – breikd	brown – braun	cheap – nedh kostij	chemical – styfkeenij
chief – hedij	clean – klien	clear – klier	common – komen / oftsied
complex – notij	conscious – weik	cut – kuted	deep – diep
dependent – from-hanging	early – frou	elastic – strecij	electric – elektij
equal – aleir	fat – fat	fertile – fruetful	first – einth
fixed – set fast	flat – flat	free – frie	frequent – oft
full – ful	general – almein	good – gud	great – greit
grey – grei	hanging – hanging	happy – glad	hard – haad
healthy – heil	high – up	hollow – holij	important – wiktij
kind – kaind	like – lik	living – laiv	long – lang
male – moorij	married – jift	material – styfij	medical – hielerij
military – sabij	natural – skaapdij	necessary – mastij	new – njue
normal – noomij	open – oup	parallel – bailailainij	past – footaimij
physical – bindij	political – gildaatij	poor – poo	possible – duekun
present – henij / heerij	private – hambaundij	probable – hedhaplykij	quick – kwik
quiet – hysh	ready – redij	read – bierd	regular – tenholding
responsible – intrysted / intrystkun	right – riet / stijnd	round – raund	same – az
second – twaath	separate – apaatend	serious – haadwiktij	sharp – shaap
smooth – smuedh	sticky – bondij	stiff – stif	straight – streit
strong – strong	sudden – arysh	sweet – swiet	tall – uphed
thick – brood	tight – nierfast	tired – wierij	true – true
violent – mait-kasting	waiting – weiting	warm – hotet	wet – wet
wide – brood	wise – wiz	yellow – jelou	young – jyng

QUALITIES – Opposites

awake – weik	bad – bad	bent – bent	bitter – saur
blue – blue	certain – kredfast	cold – kold	complete – alij
cruel – saadij	dark – daak	dead – dedh	dear – lief
delicate – wiek-set	different – ydherij	dirty – deytij	dry – wetnan
false – fals	feeble – wiek	female – maisij	foolish – fuelij
future – afttaimij	green – grien	ill – ilheil	last – endth
late – sent	left – lievd / laand	loose – unfast	loud – up-noizij
low – nedh	mixed – miksd	narrow – nier	old – old
opposite – widhsteerij	public – oupfouk	rough – ryf	sad – niglad
safe – seif	secret – haidij	short – shot	shut – shyt
simple – enlik	slow – slou	small – lit	soft – soft
solid – bindij	special – selfsweis	strange – od	thin – thin
white – whit	wrong – rong

SPECIAL ENGLISH

Special English was developed by the United States Information Agency for world-wide news broadcasts on the Voice of America. The intent was that using only this limited vocabulary of about 1400 words, broadcasters can talk about current events and everyday activities.

I find the list more practical than Ogden’s since it contains ideas more likely to be used in the real word rather than Ogden’s rarified university atmosphere. On the other hand it is a vocabulary designed to talk of largely impersonal things.

A

a – ei	able – kun	about – um	above – ouver
accept – teik-yp	accident – misxhap	accuse – kal shildij	across – akros
act – show-plei	activist – duedijist	actor – showplejer	add – ad
administration – wieldstiering	admit – let in	advise – ried	affect – gestey
afraid – afier	after – aft	again – rij	against – genst
age – oldnes	agency – midmanicg	ago – befoo	aggression – foothstriv
agree – medweyd	agriculture – faaming	aid – help	aim – uerwai
air – ee	aircraft carrier – eefeert-beering ship	air force – eesab	airplane – wingfeert
airport – eefeertxham	alive – alaif	all – al	ally – outhfrend
almost – hierlij	alone – ajein	along – along	already – jet
also – aldhau	although – dhou	always – alten	ambassador – halsended
amend – ydhrien	ammunition – gynlaadicg	among – myng	amount – mucnes
anarchy – unrik	ancient – oldag	and – and	anger – roth
animal – biest	anniversary – jiersdei	announce – spiek aut	another – eiydher
answer – bakweyd	any – enij	apologize – spiek soorou	appeal – kal yp
appear – show-aut	appoint – set tu	approve – jejen	area – graundmiet
argue – widhspiek	arms – faitthingicg	army – sab	around – araund
arrest – tuhold	arrive – tukum	art – aat	artillery – gynagicg
as – az	ash – ash	ask – whut	assist – help
astronaut – jonthfeerer	asylum – seifhold	at – at	atom – atom
atmosphere – eekout	attack – tufait / atstriv	attempt – try	attend – aa dhee
automobile – selfshiftert	autumn – faler	awake – weik	award – aring
away – awei

B

back – haind	bad – bad	balance – liksetxhev	ball – bol
balloon – bolon	ballot – cuezshietet	ban – widhbiet	bank (shore) – bank
bank (money) – welthholdxhaus	bar – baa	base – futsted	battle – woofait
be – aa	beach – sandecg	beat – slog	beauty – prit
because – hai	become – aadh	bed – bed	beg – beg
begin – tuaadh	behind – hind	believe – kred	bell – tring
belong – flis	below – under	best – gudost	betray – feyrat
better – gudor	between – twien	big – baag	bill (legisl.) – fooloo
bird – beyd	bite – bit	bitter – saur	black – swaat / blak
blame – bleim	blanket – blank	bleed – blyd aut	blind – sietnan
block – bind	blood – blyd	blow – blow	blue – blue
boat – bout	body – lic	boil – boil	bomb – blastert
bone – boun	book – buk	border – ecglain	born – beyd
borrow – loun in	both – altwaa	bottle – flask	bottom – neidh
box – boks	boy – lad	brain – maind	brave – bold
bread – bred	break – breik	breathe – briedh	bridge – bricg
brief – shot	bright – briet	bring – bring	broadcast – broodkast
brother – broo	brown – braun	build – bild	bullet – bolet
burn – beyn	burst – beyst	bury – eyth under	bus – albeerert
business – bizines	busy – bisij	but – byt	buy – cap
by – bai

C

cabinet – hierruem	call – kal	call (on) – besiek	calm – shalomij
camera – biltteikert	campaign – striving	can – kan	can (container) – metium pot
cancel – liev yp	cancer – krabsiknes	candidate – stedsieker	cannon – gynag
capital – hedstad	capture – teik	car – kaat	care – kee
careful – keeful	carry – bee	case (court) – hap	cat – mjau
catch – kac	cattle – oksicg	cause – wai	ceasefire – faitxholt
celebrate – meik cgoiful	cell – ruemet	center – midsted	century – jierhynd
ceremony – pomp	chairman – sitman	champion – faitsxhed	chance – lyk
change – ceincg	charge – laad	chase – hind	cheat – ciet
check – cek	cheer – cier	chemicals – styfkeenijen	child – been
choose – cuez	church – ceyc	circle – raundon	citizen – steitfliser
city – stadag	civilian – sithnesman	civil rights – sithnesij rieten	clash – widhkuming
clean – clien	clear – clier	clergy – ruwakofismen	climb – gan yp
clock – taimsikt	close – shyt	cloth – kloth	clothes – weeklothicg
cloud – klaud	coal – caastan	coalition – agadhwield	coast – landecg
coffee – kofij	cold – kold	collect – gadh	colony – seteldland
color – kley	come – kum	comedy – fynijshou	command – biet
comment – amaak	committee – worentband	common – comen	communicate – twienspiek
company – sithband	compete – widhtrai	complete – alij	compromise – midsetling
computer – rekenervjel	concern – mindskee	condemn – genstspiek	condition – standing lau / lau fiting
conference – twienspiekgadh	confirm – fastspiec	conflict – widhmiet	congratulate – medgladen
congress – medgadh	connect – beind	conservative – heldist	consider – think araund
constitution – set-yp loo	contain – hold in	continent – landbindag	continue – gan oon
control – wield ouver	convention – bringing agadh	cook – kuk	cool – koldet
co-operate – weyk agadh	copy – kopij	correct – riet	cost – kost
cotton – triewul	count – tel	country – land	court – koot
cover – dek	cow – oksais	coward – laashling	crash – krash
credit – lountel	create – skaap	creature – skaapd	crew – band
crime – krim	criminal – krimij	crisis – cuezdei	criticize – cgycg
crops – growing iet	cross – kros	crowd – meng	cruel – saadij
crush – krysh	cry – wiep / shrie	culture – taabot	cure – hieling wei
current – henweis / ryn	custom – foukwount	custom (duty) – tol	cut – kyt

dam – flouholdwal	damage – haam	dance – dans	danger – risk
dark – daak	date – deit	daughter – dait	day – dei
dead – dedh	deaf – hieringnan	deal – diel	debate – gildspiek
decide – maak cuez	declare – kal aut	deep – diep	defeat – slog
defend – fromstriv	deficit – nening	degree – nes	delay – hold ahind
delegate – feywielden	demand – bietkal	democracy – foukwield	demonstrate – show aut
denounce – kal nedh	deny – nei	depend – hang from	deplore – bemoun
deploy – set footh	describe – bilt aut	desert – nanland	design – bilt aut
desire – lyst	destroy – unskaap	details – teleten	develop – grou aut
device – vjelet	dictator – medweyd wielder	die – dai	different – ydhrij
difficult – haad	dig – dig	dinner – deisiet	diplomat – halsspiec
direct – point	direction – pointing	dirty – deytij	disappear – unshou
disarm – unfaitthing	discover – faind aut	discuss – twienspiek	disease – siknes
dismiss – send awei	dispute – widhstanding	dissident – haindrauter	distant – dhaa
distance – dhaanes	dive – liep anedh	divide – paaten	do – due
doctor – hieler	document – peipa	dollar – dolar	door – doo
down – anedh	draft – foodrood	dream – driem	drink – drink
drive – draiv	drown – adrinc	drugs – drugen	dry – drai
during – inwhen	dust – dust	duty – out

E

each – iec	early – frou	earn – eyn	earth – eyth
earthquake – eythsheik	ease – iez	east – iest	easy – iezij
eat – iet	economy – hauswelth	edge – ecg	educate – bewit
effect – autkum	effort – autmait	egg – eg	either – aidher
elect – cuez	electricity – elekt	electron – elekton	element – uerstyf
embassy – halsendinghaus	emergency – mastten	emotion – fieling	employ – inweyk
empty – nan	end – end	enemy – fou	energy – weykkraft
enforce – gie foos tu	engine – draivvjel	engineer – tek	enjoy – cgoi in
enough – nyf	enter – gan in	environment – araundweyld	equal – aleir
equipment – tuelicg	escape – get frie	especially – selfweisilij	establish – set yp
even – selfs	event – haping	ever – eitaim	every – aliec
evidence – witnes	evil – evil	exact – amaak	examine – test ouver
example – baishou	excellent – jondwel	except – nid	exchange – kros-ceincg
excite – stey yp	excuse – selfmeys	execute – due aut / gehap	exile – draiv abrood
exist – autaa	expand – grow aut	expect – beweit	expel – draiv aut
experiment – wittest	expert – umkener	explain – teil aut	explode – blast
explore – sec thrue	export – sel aut	express – spiek aut	extend – strec aut
extra – jondmuc	extreme – dhaarecgij

F

face – sikt	fact – trut	factory – meikhaus	fail – feil
fair – leirtiek	fall – fal	family – kin	famous – muckend
fanatic – eilqhinder	far – dhaa	farm – faam	fast – kwik
fat – fat	father – dad	fear – fier	feast – greitiet
federal – bandicgij	feed – geriet	feel – fiel	female – maisij
fertile – fruetful	few – lil	field – field	fierce – grim
fight – fait	fill – fulen	film – film	final – endth
find – faind	fine – tiek	finish – end	fire – fair
fire (gun) – shuet	firm – stedfast	first – einth	fish – fish
fix – fix	flag – staafkloth	flat – flat	flee – ryn awei
float – flout	flood – flyd	floor – futbood	flow – flow
flower – bluem	fluid – flowij	fly – flai	fog – fog
follow – haind	food – iet	fool – fuel	foot – fut
for – fey	force – foos	foreign – autlandish	forget – unmind
forgive – feygie	form – sheip	former – fooraad	forward – fooweis
free – frie	freeze – aisen	fresh – fresh	friend – frend
frighten – set afier	from – from	front – foo	fruit – fruet
fuel – draivstyf	funeral – lejing tu stil	furious – rothfulag	future – afttaim

G

gain – get (mor)	game – plei	gas – lyft	gather – gadh
general – almein	general (milit.) – almein	gentle – softxhand	get – get
jift – gied	girl – lais	give – gie	glass – glaas
go – gan / fee	goal – uerwai	God – God	gold – gold
good – gud	goods – tryken	good-bye – feewel	govern – stier
government – stiering	grain – koonbit	grandfather – greitdad	grandmother – greitmam
grass – gaas	gray – grei	great – greit	green – grien
grind – graind	ground – graund	group – band	grow – grow
guarantee – woranting	guerilla – wooretman	guide – wied	guilty – shildij
gun – gyn

H

hair – heericg	half – twaatht	halt – holt	hang – hang
happen – hap	happy – glad	harbor – shipham	hard – haad
harm – heyt	hat – hat	hate – heit	he – hoo
head – hed	headquarters – hed futsted	health – heilth	hear – hier
heart – haat	heat – hot	heavy – hevij	helicopter – ypdrooskruert
help – help	here – hee	hero – viroo	hide – haid
high – up	hijack – shanghai	hill – hil	history – footaim
hit – slog	hold – hold	hole – hol	holiday – friedejicg
holy – hailij	home – ham	honest – truethfast	honor – aloo / alof
hope – houp	horrible – dredkun	horse – feed	hospital – sikhaus
hostage – plecglic	hostile – genststrivij	hostilities – genststrivihud	hot – hot
hotel – alkumhaus	hour – tiem	house – haus	how – whau
however – dhoudhau	huge – baagag	human – manish	humor – fyn
hunger – hyngga	hunt – hynt	hurry – rysh	hurt – heyt
husband – jiftoo

I

I – mie	ice – ais	idea – mindslog	if – if
illegal – autloorij	imagine – bilt amind	immediate – ateinten	import – bring in
important – wiktij	improve – gudoren	in – in	incident – haping
incite – stey	include – tel in	increase – baagoren	independent – nihanging
industry – weykryn	inflation – kostgrouth	influence – gestier	inform – teil
injure – haam in lic	innocent – shildnan	insane – mad	insect – byg
inspect – siek ouver	instead – in sted	instrument – tuel	insult – il weyd
intelligent – britmind	intense – alinstedij	interest – rietdroo / minddroo	interfere – medel
international – twienlandij	intervene – step in	invade – tubeset	invent – einth faind
invest – inlaad	investigate – siek thrue	invite – gest	involve – bring in
iron – fejium	island – ij	issue – flou footh	it – it

J

jail – pienhaus	jewel – cgemstan	job – weykit	join – beind
joint – beind	joke – fynteil	judge – cgycg	jump – liep
jungle – reinwudag	jury – outhband	just – baa

K

keep – held	kick – kik	kidnap – shanghai	kill – dee
kind – kaind	kiss – kis	knife – kytert	know – ken

L

labor – weykicg	laboratory – keenweyk ruem	lack – nen	lake – look
land – land	language – spiekish	large – baag	last – endth
late – sent	laugh – haaha	launch – set off	law – loo
lead – lied	leak – liek	learn – tuken	leave – gan aut
left – laand	legal – loorij	lend – loun aut	less – les
let – let	letter – brief	level – aleir	liberal – friejist
lie – lai / lyg	life – laif	light – liet	lightning – lietening
like – lik / laik	limit – baundlain	line – lain	link – beind
liquid – rynij	list – list	listen – hierk	little – lit
live – liv	load – laad	local – hierham	lonely – einish
long – long	look – sie	lose – luez	loud – noizful
love – lyv / lief / eros	low – nedh	loyal – trou	luck – lyk

M

machine – vjel	mad – mad	mail – post	main – upst
major – greit	majority – mosttelt	make – meik	male – moorij
man – moo	map – landkaat	march – setwook	mark – maak
marker – maakert	mass – mas	material – styf	may – mei / mait
mayor – bjooghed	mean – mien	measure – miet	meat – flesh
medicine – hielerstyf	meet – miet	melt – melt	member – fliser
memory – mindxhold	memorial – mindxholdij	mercenary – gieldsabman	mercy – meys
message – bringd weyd	metal – metium	method – wei	microscope – mikronsiert
middle – mid	militant – sabish	military – sabij	milk – milk
mind – mind	mine – mies, diging	mineral – eythstyf	minister – seyver
minor – lilish	minority – lesttelt	minute – min	miss – mis
missing – mising	missile – kasted	mix – miks	mob – waildmeng
moderate – mid stiering	modern – hatjiernij	money – gield	month – munth
moon – muen	more – mor	morning – moon	most – most
mother – mam	motion – shifting	mountain – fel / hilag	mourn – moun
move – shift	much – muc	murder – moodh	music – mjuezik
must – must	mystery – haidednes	mistake – misteik

N

naked – weednan	name – neim	nation – fouk	navy – sijsab
near – hier	necessary – masted	need – mast	negotiate – spiek tu setel
neither – naidha	nerve – neyv	neutral – nisaided	never – neiten
new – njue	news – taidingen	next – hist	nice – nais
night – nait	no – nei	noise – noiz	nominate – neim
noon – middei	normal – noomij	north – nooth	not – nij
note – maak	nothing – niet	now – hen	nowhere – neistee
nuclear – koorij	number – telt	nurse – neys

O

obey – obej	object – thing / einthing	observe – woc	occupy – beset in
ocean – sijag	of – (ov)	off – of	offensive – foothstrivij
offer – bid	officer – ofisman	official – ofisij	often – oft
oil – oil	old – old	once – einten	only – einlij
open – oup	operate – weyk	opinion – siejing	oppose – widhstand
oppress – shyv anedh	opposite – genstset	or – oo	orbit – weyldring
orchestra – weykgadh	order – ood	organize – inood	other – ydher
oust – get aut	out – aut	over – ouver	overthrow – kast ouver
owe – ou	own – silf

P

pain – heyt	paint – biltkley	palace – halag	pamphlet – buket
pan – pan	paper – peipa	parachute – genstfal	parade – bandwook
pardon – gie meys	parent – faadh	parliament – loomiet / paaljament	part – paat
party – paatband	pass – gan bai	passenger – infeerer	passport – gan-thrue rit
past – footaim	path – wei	pay – jield	peace – frith
people – men	percent – a hynd	perfect – alwel	perhaps – maitaa / baihap
period – belangth	permanent – altaimfast	permit – let	person – man
physics – bindkeen	piano – piano	picture – bilt	piece – bit
pilot – flajer / shipwied	pipe – faif	pirate – sijsthief	place – stee
planet – weyld	plant – plaant	play – plei	please – gladen / kaindlij
plenty – fulmuc	plot – seting-aut	poem – baadweyk	point – sted
poison – vetue	police – frithwaad	policy – graundmaak	politics – gildaat
pollute – unrain	poor – poo	popular – fouklaikij	population – manicg
port – shipstad	position – sted	possess – hold	possible – duekun
postpone – aftput	pour – geflou	power – wield	praise – haleel
pray – prei	pregnant – med been	prepare – redien	present – gied
president – foositer	press – print	pressure – printines	prevent – widhholt
price – jieldkost	priest – oldor / kohen	prison – lokhaus	private – hambaundij
prize – aring	probably – welcaansij	problem – blokert	produce – bring footh
professor – prof	program – setryn	progress – foothganing	project – seting aut
promise – gied weyd	propaganda – tuwit strueing	property – silficg	propose – set footh
protect – bjeyg	protest – spiec widh	provide – gie footh	proud – praidful
prove – pruef	public – oupfouk	publication – oupfoukening	publish – oupfouken
pull – droo	pump – pymp	punish – pien	purchase – cap
pure – rain	purpose – uerwai	push – shyv	put – put

Q

question – whut

quick – kwik

quiet – hysh

R

rabbi – rabi	race – ryshryn / ethnos	radar – rapdhaf	radiation – rejicg
radio – reidiou	raid – reid	railroad – reilroud	rain – rein
raise – droo yp	rapid – kwik	rare – raa	rate – kwiknes thrue
reach – riec	read – bier	ready – redij	real – riel
realistic – rielist	reason – wai / wit	reasonable – witful	rebel – striv aut
receive – hadh	recent – henij	recession – riteiking-awei	recognize – ken asikt
record – inbuk	red – red	reduce – lesen	reform – risheip
refugee – hamflier	refuse – raut anedh	regret – soos (um)	relations – kinsmen
release – let gan	religion – ruwakines	remain – stei	remember – rimind
remove – teik awei	repair – riguden	repeat – ridue	report – teiling footh
repress – shyv ahind	request – whut fey	rescue – geseif	resign – stand anedh
resolution – seteling	responsible – rijouthkun	rest – teik frith	restrain – hold ahind
restrict – hold in	result – aut-kum	retire – step ahind	return – gan bak
revolt – raut footh	rice – rais	rich – welthy	ride – raid
right – riet	riot – mok	rise – gan yp	river – flouwet
road – roud	rob – slogthief	rock – stan	rocket – roket
roll – rol	room – ruem	root – shosh	rope – kood
rough – ryf	round – raund	rub – ryb	rubber – ryba
ruin – rek	rule – wield	run – ryn

Sa – Sn

sabotage – klogicg	sacrifice – hailidued	sad – sad	safe – seif
sail – seil	salt – salt	same – seim	satellite – weiter-bai
satisfy – meiknyf	save – seif	say – spiek	school – tuwitxhaus
science – keen	scream – shrijk	sea – sij	season – jiertaim
search – siec	seat – sit	second – sek	secret – haidij
security – seifnes	see – sie	seek – siek	seem – siem
seize – teik ahand	self – self	sell – sel	senate – senatus
send – send	sense – fiel	sentence – weydthred	separate – paat
series – haindlain	serious – wiktful	sermon – spiek	serve – seyv
set – set	settle – setel	several – muc	severe – haadxhand
sex – shag	shake – sheik	shape – sheip	share – shee
sharp – shaap	she – hais	shell – shel	shine – shien
ship – ship	shock – shok	shoe – shue	shoot – shuet
short – nedhhed / shot	should – oot	shout – yel	show – shou
shrink – liten	shut – shyt	sick – sik	side – said
sign – shoumaak	signal – shoumaak	silence – hysh	silver – silva
similar – lik	simple – enlik	since – aftfrom	sing – sing
sink – sink	sister – sais	sit – sit	situation – sted
size – baagnes	skeleton – bounlic	skill – skil	skull – bounhed
sky – skai	slave – thral	sleep – sliep	slide – slid
slow – slou	small – lit	smash – smash	smell – smel
smile – smail	smoke – smouk	smooth – smuedh	snow – snou

So – Sz

so – dhau	social – sithij	soft – soft	soldier – sabman
solid – binij	solve – unbind / alues	some – sum / einen	son – son
soon – froulij	sorry – soorij	sort – kind	sound – noiz
south – sauth	space – ruem / jonth	speak – spiek	special – selfweis
speed – kwiknes	spend – jield aut	spill – spil	split – split
spirit – ruwak	spilt – spild	sports – beesing	spread – strue
spring – liepkoil	spy – spij	stab – stab	stamp – briefmaak
stand – stand	star – staa	start – tugan	starve – hunggag
state – steit	station – holt sted	statue – standbilt	stay – stei
steal – thief	steam – boilfog	steel – stiel (fejium)	step – step
stick – staaf / bond	still – stil	stomach – belij sak	stone – stan
stop – holt	store – hold in	storm – stoom	story – teil
stove – inkukert	straight – streit	strange – od	street – strat
stretch – strec	strike – straik	strong – strong	struggle – striv
stubborn – mjuelij	study – locgij	stupid – wiekmind	submarine – undersij bout
substance – styf	substitute – insted man	subversion – underrauting	succeed – win thrue
such – dhau	sudden – arysh	suffer – syfa	sugar – suka
summer – sumer	sun – sun	supervise – oversie	supply – fulen yp
support – hold yp	suppose – underthink	suppress – hold anedh	sure – fast
surplus – jond mast	surprise – underkac	surrender – gie yp	surround – set araund
survive – liv thrue	suspect – undersie	suspend – hang	swallow – inbelij
swear in – outh in	sweet – swiet	swim – swim	sympathy – medfieling
system – dielood

T

take – teik	talk – spiek	tall – uphed	tank – tank
target – shuetmaak	task – weykmaak	taste – teist	tax – steitsjield
teach – gewit	team – pleiband	tear – tee	tears – wiepdrop
technical – vjelweykij	telephone – dhaaspiekert	telescope – dhaaglas	television – dhaasiejert
tell – teil	temperature – hotnes	temporary – taimetij	tense – strekhand
term – taimet	terrible – dredtaimij	territory – baundland	terror – dredtaim
test – test	textiles – klothicg	than – dhan	thank – thank
that – dhat	the – dha	theater – shoupleihaus	then – dhen
there – dhee	thick – thik	thin – thin	thing – thing
think – think	third – thrieth	this – hat	threaten – thret
through – thrue	throw – kast	tie – baind	time – taim / ten
tired – wierij	tissue – klothet	to – tu	today – ahatdei
together – agadh	tomorrow – ajaftdei	tonight – ahatnait	too – ouvij
tool – tuel	top – upsted	torture – saadheyt	touch – tyc
toward – tuweis	town – stad	trade – capsel	tradition – settaabot
tragic – tracgik	train – droolain / feelain	traitor – feyrater	transport – beering akros
trap – kacert	travel – feering	treason – rikbrec	treasure – madhom
treat – diel	treaty – dieldued	tree – trie	trial – shildtest
tribe – fouket	trick – skilplei	trip – feeringet	troops – sabmen
trouble – koil	truce – frithouth / frithet	truck – kaatag	true – true / trou
trust – tryst	try – trai	turn – raut

U

under – under	understand – bewit	unite – einen	universe – alskaap
university – albandlic	unless – onnij	until – yptu	up – yp
urge – thjue	urgent – thjueful	use – bruk	usual – noomij

V

valley – deil	value – weyth	vehicle – feething	version – rauting-aut
veto – mie-genstbiet	vicious – sinset	victim – strivdwidh	victory – win
village – stadet	violate – brec	violence – mait kasting	violin – violin
virus – virus	visit – besiek	voice – spiec	volcano – fairhil
vote – cuez	voyage – feering

W

wait – weit	wages – weykt gield	walk – wook	wall – wal
want – wont	war – woo	warm – hotet	warn – gewee
wash – wosh	waste – weist	watch – woc	water – wet
wave – weiv	way – wei	weak – wiek	wealth – welth
weapon – faitthing	wear – wee	weather – wedha	weigh – hevmiet
welcome – welkum	well – wel	west – west	wet – wet
what – what	wheat – whiet	wheel – wiel	when – when
where – whee	which – whic	while – inwhen	white – whit
who – whue	why – whai	wide – brood	wife – jiftais
wild – waild	will – wil	willing – jeyn	win – win
wind – wind	window – windou	wire – wair	wise – wiz
wish – wish	with – med	withdraw – widhdroo	without – nid
woman – mais	wonder – wynda	wood – wud	woods – wudfield
word – weyd	work – weyk	world – weyld	worry – keen
worse – bador	wound – wuend	write – biek	wrong – rong
wreck(age) – weisticg

Y

year – jier	yellow – jelou	yes – jei	yesterday – afoodei
yet – jet	you – thie / jue	young – jyng

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