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Help[Facts] Re: Welcome, Lucille! (m)
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The question is: Can you read German? Latin would do, too: Förstemann gives many Latin translations of the Germanic name elements. But the most interesting part is the lists of names he gives, including century and source. Together with the supplement mentioned, Förstemann still is the standard work on old German names.
Another book is: Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch I-IV, 2000 ff. (This includes foreign names as well as long as they appear in Germany)
A book to buy (if you know German) would be: Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Das große Vornamenlexikon, Mannheim 2003
The rest you may be able to get hold of in a good library
Andy ;—)
Another book is: Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch I-IV, 2000 ff. (This includes foreign names as well as long as they appear in Germany)
A book to buy (if you know German) would be: Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Das große Vornamenlexikon, Mannheim 2003
The rest you may be able to get hold of in a good library
Andy ;—)
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I can definitely read German; I live 5 minutes from the Dutch-German border, after all. Not to mention my grandfather is German and that I have had German at school. ;) So that won't be a problem at all. :)
But thank you for your tip! :) I'll also try a few antiquarian bookshops to see if I could possibly buy the books that I otherwise would only have found in a library. :)
But thank you for your tip! :) I'll also try a few antiquarian bookshops to see if I could possibly buy the books that I otherwise would only have found in a library. :)
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Sorry, I couldn't guess this from your name (if Lucille is your name). I tried to buy Förstemann and Kaufmann second hand, but they were beyond my means. So I got them from a library and copied them (1200 pages all together). But it was worth the effort!
The Duden Lexicon costs less than 10,- Euro!
Andy ;—)
The Duden Lexicon costs less than 10,- Euro!
Andy ;—)
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