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My favorite example is a popular German light bulb brand, Osram, which is also known in Poland. In Polish it means roughly "I'll put my excrement [on it]" :P

• aluhut 9y ago
  "The curve" - "Kurve" in German was my favorite learning German. Osram was close though :D
• taneq 9y ago
  While we're at it, Italian cooking appliance brand Smeg invokes something quite different in English.