A2Vocabulary
sympathisch
In German
sympathisch
zim-PAH-tish
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano
Don't Get Confused!
❌ Looks like
Sympathetic
In English means: "Feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy (pity and sorrow for others' misfortunes)"
✅ Actually means
sympathisch
Likeable, pleasant, nice
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Memory Tip
If someone is 'sympathisch' in German, you 'like' them. If you're 'sympathetic' in English, you 'feel for' them. Liking is not the same as pitying!
Example Sentences
1
Er ist ein sehr sympathischer Mann.
He is a very likeable man.
2
Ich finde sie sehr sympathisch.
I find her very pleasant.