O/T German Translation

Re: I'm liking that Steve

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.

>I dunno Jim, I'll have see if I can find out. Thanks for the suggestion/lead tho.

Todd O.

Thanks Jeff, and........

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.

>what's a mudjacker?

Todd O.

Re: I'm liking that Steve

Steve Kubien

>My dictionary says that "chisai" means little town, house or hands. However, I don't speak enough Japanese to get my face slapped in a bar so I am more than willing to be corrected.

Steve Kubien

Re: Katzle

Michael Kieta-near Ramstein, Germany

>That's a good question Adam. I'll need to consult my mother or other german relatives to be sure, but I think the umlaut is added to Haus when it's plural. I am definitely NOT an expert in the German language or the Swabisch dialect. I think your pronounciation would be right.

Re: K�tzle and H�usle

Marc in rainy and snowing Luxembourg

>Yes, that's right you have to make an Umlaut. So it's "K�tzle" (cats-la) and "H�usle" (hoy-sla).

Marc

Re: Katzle

Conger - the Irish diaspora in Munich

>Michael... u really still in 'the Fatherland'? I thought you had departed for SamsSod!

Planning any trips?

-gerard-

OT... Kitty (pussy?) matters

Conger - the Irish diaspora in Munich

>Todd O'... that IS a poser of a question.

You have been provided with many alternatives... and many were indeed gramatically correct. 'Gramatically correct' is not normally an issue unless you are naming a prince (the entire Danish nation is now WAITING for for the royal christening, when the priest will ask the (australian)princess what the baby-prince is going to be called... and the entire nation knows that the princess will reply 'Christian'... that has been the tradition for the last hundreds of years... and that tradition will not be broken by the [australian]princess... or will it?).

Anyhow, I digress... but must say, german, as in 'high' german, is spoken in daily life by the tiniest minority of germans. So 'die Kleinste' does sound a little 'stiff'. The richness of the german language lies in its dialects. So 'die Kleinste' would be 'dae Gloinste' in Bavaria, 'dee Glaaeene' in Hessen, and 'dee Klaaene' in Berlin (the text is my own phonetic interpretation, as all germans would normally WRITE simply 'die Kleinste' and maybe SAY 'dee Gloinste'... that is what making learning this most chaotic of 'structured' languages so exciting).

Another alternative would simply be the german word for a 'little cat' (kitten), namely 'Kaet-schaen' (the 'ae' is best pronounced as in 'DAy'). This may also be interpreted as 'ketz_chen' or 'ketchen'. Or an improvement would be the Schwabian version 'K(a)etszle'.

Tell us what the jury decides.

-gerard-

The Swiss perspective

Kent in Emmaus, PA

>I don't know if it's some kind of national size complex or what, but the German-speaking Swiss from whom I drive my ancestry have a habit of attaching the diminutive suffix "li" to just about every name and noun. It can be quite comical to hear a hulking farmer referred to as "Hansli".

Anyway, "Katzli" would be cute. I leave it to the language scholars to determine if that should have an umlaut. Swiss German isn't really a written language, so maybe it's a moot point.

Also, "purr" in German is "Schnurren." How about "Schnurrli"?

Re: O/T German Translation

Rob in Kansas

>Decide on a name Todd?

Arriving a little late in this, but when I was looking for a German name for my doxie "Madel" was suggested. I understood it is pronouned like Mable, but with a d, May-del. For little girl.

Ended up going with Lili from Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) in Blazing Saddles. :)

Rob

No name yet

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Not yet Rob. Leaning real hard to the one in Japanese meaning "little sister", but am not 100% satisfied with "little sister". I've got a Philipino friend that I'm going to ask for a translation of "Smallest, littlest, tiny, etc, etc.

Staerted fooling with my new camera here at work to post a picture but the computer here won't let me install the software, so I'll have to do it at home this weekend. I leave home around 8 a.m. and don't get home until 10 p.m., so I'm not inclined to do it during the week.

Still open to suggestions.

Todd O.

Re: No name yet

Ernie Miller

>I still like my idea!

but wait!

Ernie Miller

>The poor thing would get confused when your wife calls you.