德语中的haus一词与英语中的house同源。

'Haus' in German is cognate with 'house' in English.

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那些在第二次世界大战后给我们占德军队寄包裹并在上面注明“礼物”以逃避税款的普通公民，根本没有费心去发现“礼物”在德语中是“毒药”的意思。

Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German.

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作家恩斯特·克莱斯特曼努力将这个名字和地窖（德语中的“墓穴”）或洞穴联系在一起。

Writer Ernst Christmann tried to link the name with a crypt ("Gruft" in German) or a cave.

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