Can you name the word that does not mean the same thing in one language as it does in the other two?

French - Spanish - German	Outlying Word	What They All Mean
merci - gracias - bitte
rouge - rosa - rot		rouge, rot: red; rosa: pink
temps - reloj - Zeit		temps, Zeit: time; reloj: clock
boire - comer - essen		comer, essen: to eat; boire: to drink
Autriche - Argelia - Österreich
Terre - país - Erde		Terre, Erde: earth; país: country
ras - rico - reich		rico, reich: rich; ras: short
sans - sin - seit		sans, sin: without; seit: since
fromage - leche - Milch		leche, Milch: milk; fromage: cheese
drapeau - bandera - Farben		drapeau, bandera: flag; Farben: colors
pouvoir - deber - können		pouvoir, können: can; deber: must
connaître - saber - wissen
voir - ver - vor		voir, ver: to see; vor: before
dire - decir - sprechen		dire, decir: to say; sprechen: to speak
vite - casi - fast		casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
merci - gracias - bitte	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
rouge - rosa - rot	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
temps - reloj - Zeit	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
boire - comer - essen	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
Autriche - Argelia - Österreich	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
Terre - país - Erde	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
ras - rico - reich	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
sans - sin - seit	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
fromage - leche - Milch	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
drapeau - bandera - Farben	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
pouvoir - deber - können	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
connaître - saber - wissen	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
voir - ver - vor	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
dire - decir - sprechen	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast
vite - casi - fast	casi, fast: almost: vite: fast

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Odd Word Out Quiz

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Created Dec 3, 2011 in Language
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	SteelyMatt:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 15:19 GMT		10 points
	Wow. If this quiz proves anything, it's that I don't know much French or German. Tough quiz when you're only bilingual in English and Spanish.

	milgita:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 15:23 GMT		3 points
	5 Sporcle globes! :)

	A_Trep:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 16:02 GMT		6 points
	Even being fluent in German and knowing a bit of Spanish... and about three words in French, this was still challenging and very fun.

	DR883:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 16:27 GMT		13 points
	Great game, but man... that last one was evil. Good job :)

	gigimacmurray:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 16:32 GMT		6 points
	I studied German, French, and Italian. It was the Spanish that threw me, but I am still angry at myself for missing 3 of these.

	hodgetiger:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 16:49 GMT		5 points
	One of these words doesn't mean the same as the others (my score) quince, sechs, quinze :( !

	EmmaParsnibbles:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 17:09 GMT		0 points
	Some of these are jsut cruel.

	Crazyirishman:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 17:38 GMT		3 points
	This one is a dick question, I could totally see the quiz maker going "haha, this one they won't get unless they understand the differences between verbs that translate into the same word in Englsih!!!": connaître - saber - wissen saber, wissen: to know e.g. factually; connaître: to know e.g. familarity

	Pereking2:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 17:55 GMT		1 point
	Not US centric enough

	Ulkomaalainen:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 19:18 GMT		9 points
	Ddin#t see that it was FRA-ESP-GER languages on the first column. Apparently one does not only need to read instructions but also the actual words on the page... how awful. Just kidding, great game. @Crazyirishman: it is a hard question, agreed, since the word used in English would be the same (even if it can have distinct meanings in Eglish as well), but all three languages differentiate between the two ways of "to know" (kennen/wissen, connaître/savoir), so it is indeed valid for comparing these three.

	selene314:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 19:27 GMT		3 points
	Completely missed the fact that these were always the same three languages. There were a couple that I thought were two different French words one of which matched the germanic word, and I thought the last word was in English.

	dancastro:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 19:43 GMT		4 points
	Instead of Autriche-Argelia-Österreich (too easy, as it had 85% of right guesses), a really tricky one would have been Lituanie-Letonia-Litauen. The odd out is Letonia (Spanish for Latvia); the other two mean Lithuania.

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	thecassidy:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 20:41 GMT		6 points
	@dancastro that's pretty straightforward. Two are Litau/Litua, one is Leto.

	nethsen:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 21:20 GMT		3 points
	when you click give up, the ??? is useless as it tells you which one does not belong in the what they all mean section.

	beerslayer:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 21:43 GMT		1 point
	Excellent idea! The only question I have is: doesn't "temps" in French mean "weather", as in "Quel temps fait-il?" (= "how's the weather?") I took it to mean that it was the odd word out, since the other two words are at least related to time.

	Ember_Nickel:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 22:02 GMT		-1 points
	93rd percentile while not knowing that much French. Cool quiz!

	ViSte:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 22:39 GMT		2 points
	Really fun quiz. I had no hope for the last one, but hey -- I learned a little thing about German verbs today!

	willwoodlen:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 02:25 GMT		1 point
	I knew the difference between "connaitre" and "saber," but having no clue what "wissen" meant, I chose it. I should have trusted the puzzle-maker. On the other hand, I fell for that "fast" thing, too, so maybe not.

	SamS:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 06:56 GMT		7 points
	The only reason I got the Autriche - Argelia - Österreich one was because I thought the first and last one meant ostrich. But Sporcle doesn't have to know that.

	tiddlywinker:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 09:42 GMT		1 point
	Speaking French and a bit of German made this quiz quite easy, but I enjoyed it none the less.

	dancastro:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 15:28 GMT		1 point
	@SamS: many (most?) Sporclers know that Österreich is the name of Austria in German, its own language (like España, Deutschland, Sverige, etc.) and therefore has nothing to do with ostriches. But you weren't too off the target with French: ostrich is "autruche", so it sounds almost the same as Autriche. (By the way, ostrich in German is "Strauss", yes, like the composers).

	Zak6009:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 18:39 GMT		1 point
	Nice quiz! But just wondering, I'm sure a linguistics buff or someone with a German background can explain this to me, but why is it that Germans consider milk, time, and colors things that are important enough to be capitalized?

	dancastro:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 19:00 GMT		5 points
	@Zak6009: in German, all nouns are spelled with capital letters, e.g. "das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch" (I'm not sure if this is correct German, but yes, "Buch" and "Tisch" are capitalized); it's like as in English we said "the Book is on the Table".

	Ulkomaalainen:	Jul 2nd, 2012 at 02:23 GMT		6 points
	"Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch" is completely correct German (in case anyone is wondering, "Das" has been capitalized as the beginning of a sentence in my answer, the way dancastro put it, it needn't be.) And yes, we do capitalize all nouns. Sorry. We do capitalize all Nouns.

	bob_the_blob:	Jul 6th, 2012 at 22:23 GMT		1 point
	This was fun! I'm surprised by how much Spanish I remember from the one class I took three years ago - enough to do pretty well without knowing any German. :)

	BarefootXO:	Oct 2nd, 2012 at 16:53 GMT		2 points
	The last one was rather deceptive, given that vite (French) and fast (English) mean the same thing.