Friday, April 23, 2010

How to write my last name in German?

I really want to get my last name tattooed to myself and I also really want it to be wrote in German and I don't do that. The last name is German and it's Dannhardt. If anyone can please reply. Thanks!!

How to write my last name in German?
If the old German letters are meant I would suggest the use of "Fraktur" instead of "Suetterlin"


Fraktur was used for printed items (books etc) while S眉tterlin (also known as Kurrent) was only used for handwriting.


Fraktur is much easier to read and maybe exactly what you are looking for.


Here a link how it looks like:


http://homepage.univie.ac.at/walter.diet...


(the page is in German)


Here a link to a site where you can download the font for use with your computer - and also some more explanations (in English)


http://www.morscher.com/3r/fonts/fraktur...
Reply:Why would it be any different in German if it's a German name in the first place?


German usually takes names in foreign languages as they are anyway, unless they are originally written in another alphabet.





"Dann" is from "Tanne" (spruce) and "Hardt" is an old word for mountain or big hill (Berg).
Reply:If your last name is already German, then you don't need to change it, it already is. You could try and find a German-type looking font. The alphabet is the same in German as English, but they use umlauts and other accents on some of their letters to denote pronunciation.





You may want to explore your family tree to see if there are any other variations of spellings.
Reply:I think you are talking about Suetterlin writing, which is not taught in German schools anymore. But I know my mother and father still learned it in school, and my grandparents certainly did write in Suetterlin. I found a website for you where you just have to type in your last name, and it gives you the Suetterlin script of your name. Sorry, I cannot paste it into this field. Good luck with your tat.








http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch...
Reply:Ich HeiBe Dannhardt.





sorry, I have an english keyboard but that says my name is dannhardt, kinda.





edit for an idiot:


actually they use have one letter that is different than the english alphabet in german its a "heise" it looks like a "B" so I'm right and yr wrong guy that answered after me... yr not as smart as you think you are. they also have an umlout (sp?) which is the lil dots that go over u's and e' and o's sometimes to change pronouciation.
Reply:LOL, they dont exactly use the Arabic or Chinese alphabet in Germany. They use the Western alphabet. Its the exact same thing, the name itself is already German. So its not going to be real exotic looking or anything.
Reply:umm germans use the exact same letters as in english.. if your last name is german, what exactly needs to be changed... its just ' dannhardt ' ..
Reply:Its just "Dannhardt" Because Germans use the exact same letters as in English, and your last name is German.
Reply:Can't get any more German than it is already - don't you just love the oh so German TD at the end?????
Reply:Well, that would be... Dannhardt.


German writes with the same alphabet we do. :)
Reply:names stay the same in all languages.
Reply:it would be ... Smith

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