Wow, Siegfried von Schnappelhaus or Gertrude Heimerninnen. Those are some really uncommon names.Gloom wrote:You're right. It'd be simply racist if every German character in the game wasn't called Sigfried von Schnaupplehaus or Gertrude Heimerneinnen.Snuffkin wrote:Considering that he's supposed to be of kraut blood, I feel that the name isn't quite foreign-sounding enough. It seems like you used a primarily Anglo-American name and only changed the c to a k to keep people from feeling too alienated, which is stupid.
German names are influenced by nordic scandinavian, anglo-saxon and old latin name stems.
But Germany was also occupied by the american forces during the time of reconstruction and development after the World War II.
American names are not that uncommon. I felt that Erik Wilhelm is a perfectly acceptable native sounding german name.
The swiss are even more likely to have foreign sounding names. Some of them also do have french and italian influences.
slightly off-topic:
Lena Forst seems really native. Lena, Lisa, Laura, all very common girl names.
(Forst means "forest" or "timberland", from which we have plenty in Germany)
(The surname could originate from "Förster" which is the forest ranger)
Annaliese "Anna" Koell sounds really like an austrian/german name.
Koell could originate from Köll, but also from Koel, Kol, Koll or Kohl
(which means cabbage, from which we germans make our famous krautsalat)
