The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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