| Mairübe | turnip |
| Mairenke | Danube bleak |
| Maine | Maine |
| Maische | mash |
| Zaire | Congo |
| Nairobi | Nairobi |
| Mohrrübe | carrot |
| trübe | sombre |
| Aruba | Aruba |
| Baugrube | building pit construction pit |
| Grube | pit mine grave septic tank |
| Rübe | beet turnip |
| darüber | above it meanwhile in the meantime |
| Daube | stave |
| Gaube | dormer |
| Haube | cap bonnet hood |
| Laube | arbour summerhouse arbor |
| Taube | pigeon dove deaf person |
| Emaille | enamel |
| Maieutik | Socratic method |