A Good Source for translating German Language to English language: http://world.altavista.com/ If you translate Deutsch in German to English you get German. Many of the German settlers came to America on ships that were owned by the Dutch, but Dutch does not always mean a native of Holland. Dutch is the English pronunciation of the German word Deutsch, meaning German. When the word became a part of the written language of America the spelling conformed to the English manner. The words that follow are English words in the German Language: God - Gott God's Love - Gott lieb Saviour - der Heiland Retter Church - die Kirche Bible - Bibel sin - suende Nagel - nail I Love You - ich liebe dich child - das kind English - englich United States of America - das Amerika Do you speak German - Sprechen Sie Deutsch My (German) Booe Family arrived in 1738 in PA. C. Booe CBOOE@yadtel.net