What is the German version of the man's name Peter?

In Spanish, it's Pedro. In French, it's Pierre. In Italian, Pietro. In Polish, Pyotr. But what is it in German?





Also, suggestions of other German names from around the turn of the last century(1899-1900) would be welcome.

What is the German version of the man's name Peter?
Peter is actually German. It's pronounced differently, though. Where we say Pee-ter, the Germans say Pe-ter.





Hans and Johannes are very popular Germans names, even back then I would think.
Reply:It's Peter, too, it's just pronounced differently. The e's are pronounced like in feather or summer.





Some more German names that were popular around 1900:





Heinz


Paul


Karl


Johann


Helmut


Hans


Wilhelm


Friedrich


Josef





Do you need female names,too?





Elisabeth


Gertrud


Maria


Katharina


Anna


Trude


Margarethe


Adelheit
Reply:Peter.





Hans-peter used to be a common name, too.





Other names would be:


Helmut Siegfried


Rainer Wolfgang


Klaus Fritz


Dittmar Manfred


Otto Wilhelm



Reply:Wikipedia has an article on the name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_(name...





In German it is simply "Peter".
Reply:Believe it or not its Peter. Just pronounced differently.
Reply:Peter.

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