What is the German equivalent of James?
Robert Melson
the question arose: English James is what in German?
Thanks,
Bob Melson
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Robert Melson
"W. Fred Rump" <fred...@gmail.com> writes:
> Jakob
>
> On 3/18/07, Robert Melson <mel...@aragorn.rgmhome.net> wrote:
>> Color me dumb. I've been looking into something else and
>> the question arose: English James is what in German?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Melson
And I'd've known that had I consulted my pocket Langenscheidt.
Doh! Another lesson in humility!
Thanks, Fred.
JeeL
James.
Jaap sun of Jacob Luijerink.
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William Bojanowski
mel...@aragorn.rgmhome.net (Robert Melson) wrote:
> In article <mailman.333.11742...@rootsweb.com>,
> "W. Fred Rump" <fred...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Jakob
> >
> > On 3/18/07, Robert Melson <mel...@aragorn.rgmhome.net> wrote:
> >> Color me dumb. I've been looking into something else and
> >> the question arose: English James is what in German?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Bob Melson
>
> And I'd've known that had I consulted my pocket Langenscheidt.
> Doh! Another lesson in humility!
>
> Thanks, Fred.
>
> Bob Melson
Is this the same for Latin, also? James=Jacob?
Thanks
Boj
W. Fred Rump
manaia alofa
This has been quite interesting for me.
I've been researching on the island of (Western)Samoa
especially the forename "James" sometime now.
Seeing as how there is no letter "J" in the Samoan
language I'd never thought to find "James" another way
- till now.
"Thank You"
In Samoa Simi = Jimmy or James. Now my search has
expanded. (pronounced Simi = CEE-mee.)
<G>
I'd also forgotten Samoa was once German Samoa
(1900-1914).
....
Good topic and Good Hunting.
Regards,
--Manaia
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> In article
>
<XRnLh.129008$_73.9...@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> mel...@aragorn.rgmhome.net (Robert Melson) wrote:
>
> > In article
> <mailman.333.11742...@rootsweb.com>,
> > "W. Fred Rump" <fred...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Jakob
> > >
> > > On 3/18/07, Robert Melson
> <mel...@aragorn.rgmhome.net> wrote:
> > >> Color me dumb. I've been looking into
> something else and
> > >> the question arose: English James is what in
> German?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Bob Melson
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billp49
Melson) wrote:
>Color me dumb. I've been looking into something else and
>the question arose: English James is what in German?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bob Melson
James in German is Joachim
Traugott Vitz
> James in German is Joachim
Never!
1) The supporters of the Scottish kings/pretenders by the name of James
are called "Jacobites". Ask yourself why...
2) IF in German history books the names of the Scottish kings are
translated, "James" translates to "Jakob".
3) In the New Testament, the letter of St. James features as
"Jakobusbrief" in the German edition.
4) "Joachim" exists as a male given name in English and German. It has
nothing whatsoever to do with James/Jakob. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim
Traugott
James A. Doemer
traugo...@t-online.de, typed this:
Interesting... Now, about the pronunciation, how is Jakob pronounced in
German? Is it with the English "Y" sound, as in Ja (Yah), or with the the
typical English "J" sound? I'm not explaining that well, I guess I'm
asking if it is pronounced Yakob, instead of Jakob...
Mona
> Interesting... Now, about the pronunciation, how is Jakob pronounced in
> German? Is it with the English "Y" sound, as in Ja (Yah), or with the the
> typical English "J" sound? I'm not explaining that well, I guess I'm
> asking if it is pronounced Yakob, instead of Jakob...
>
Of course. The Germans always pronounce J as a Y.
Mona
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billp49
<traugo...@t-online.de> wrote:
>billp49 schrieb:
>> James in German is Joachim
>
>Never!
>
>4) "Joachim" exists as a male given name in English and German. It has
>nothing whatsoever to do with James/Jakob. See
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim
>
>Traugott
My German relatives who were named Joachim used James in the U.S.
Traugott Vitz
> My German relatives who were named Joachim used James in the U.S.
than "James" in an English speaking surrounding. So it makes sense to
change the less frequent name to a more common one. They probably were
bored with the frequent question "how do you spell your name?".
Nevertheless: They did not chose the exact English equivalent (which
was, in this case, exactly the same) but a similar name with the same
initial.
Other immigrants were more radical: I know of a German lady who was
baptized "Josefine", known as "Finchen", and changed her name to "Gloria"...
Traugott
James A. Doemer
Herita...@Sandyview.info, typed this:
> James A. Doemer wrote:
>> Interesting... Now, about the pronunciation, how is Jakob
>> pronounced in German? Is it with the English "Y" sound, as in Ja
>> (Yah), or with the the typical English "J" sound? I'm not
>> explaining that well, I guess I'm asking if it is pronounced Yakob,
>> instead of Jakob...
>
> Of course. The Germans always pronounce J as a Y.
>
> Mona
That's what I thought, thanks!
Jim Eggert
<Herita...@Sandyview.info> wrote:
> The Germans always pronounce J as a Y.
Well, almost always. Words borrowed from French are often pronounced
with J as the French J sound: die Jalousie, der Jeton, der
Jongleur. And words borrowed from English are often pronounced with
J as the English J sound: der Jazz, der Joker, das Jam.
I still remember the time when my high school German teacher (in
America) pronounced Jazzplatte as if it were to be read as a totally
German word (Yatsplatteh), and the laugh it induced in the Austrian
exchange student in class.
=Jim
Joan Lowrey
are speaking English now.
My mother told me that when I was born, her grandmother, who was born
in the Pfalz, said (note that I have an older cousin, Jean), "Chean!
Choan! Was ist diss "Chay" business?" She didn't like it because she
couldn't pronounce our English "J" sounds!
Joan Neumann Lowrey
California
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Bernd J. Kaup
> Bullshit. In no place in the english speaking world is Joachim considered an english expression of the name james. In fact , Joachim, which is derived from the hebrew Yehoyaqim or “ born from Yahweh, has no English equivalent. Nothing worse than internet experts with no clue.
>
spread your wisdom over those "without clue".
We really waited for a newborn child to enhance our knowlegde.
mfg
bjk
Bernd Niemann
Am 26.08.2019 um 16:10 schrieb Bernd J. Kaup:
> We really waited for a newborn child to enhance our knowlegde.
Gruß
Bernd Niemann
Ralf Lehmeier
>
https://www.vorname.com/suche.html?q=James
bernd....@gmail.com
> Hello All:
>
>
> This has been quite interesting for me.
>
> I've been researching on the island of (Western)Samoa
> especially the forename "James" sometime now.
>
> Seeing as how there is no letter "J" in the Samoan
> language I'd never thought to find "James" another way
