Editing Sodomy (section)

== Evolution of the term in other languages ==
In modern [[French language|French]], the word “sodomie” (and in modern [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the word “sodomía”) is used exclusively for penetrative anal sex (where the penetration is performed with a penis or a substitute of similar shape such as a dildo, possibly a strap-on dildo, thus any gender can be on the giving or receiving end). The matching french verb is "sodomiser" ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] "sodomizar").
In modern [[German language|German]], the word “Sodomie” has no connotation of anal or oral sex, and refers specifically to [[zoophilia]]. (''See [[Paragraph 175#Version of June 28.2C 1935|Paragraph 175 StGB, version of June 28, 1935]]''.) The same goes for the [[Norway|Norwegian]] word “sodomi” and the [[Poland|Polish]] "sodomia". “Sodomy”, therefore, can be considered a '[[false friend]],' a word that English speakers will think they know the meaning of, but which actually holds a different, though in this case related, meaning. Responsible for this was the excessive broadening of the term ''sodomia'' by Benedictus Levita (see above).