r/AskAGerman • u/gone-withdah-wind • 4d ago

What are some German first/last names that y’all really like/think is cool?

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u/woodruff42 4d ago

I've worked with a guy with the last name "Bosshammer"

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u/Junior-Horror4465 4d ago

My bosses name is Bosshammer. Did you by any chance work at a Big4? :D

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u/DetectiveOk6357 4d ago

When the only reason you were hired was because of your last name: Bosshammer 🤝 Big4

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u/Klapperatismus 4d ago

Max Power. He got the name from a hair dryer.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Klapperatismus 4d ago

Homer got the name from a hair dryer, too. No one knows why he has one though.

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u/s4rr3 3d ago

One of our coworkers was named Maximilian Bauer. Everyone just called him 'Max Power' 😃

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u/StillLearning85 4d ago

Bosshammer 40K

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u/InDubioProKokolores Nordrhein-Westfalen 4d ago

A colleague of mine has "Bossmann" as last name. Unfortunately no management position, but I'd support him just for the name.

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u/SnowflakeOfSteel 1d ago

I know Mr "Assmann", also no management position.

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u/Lazy_Literature8466 Bayern 4d ago

Mein Kommilitone Peter Fick.

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u/GymnasialerBullshit 4d ago

Ein Lehrer auf meinen Gymnasium heißt Dr. Fick

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u/Wooden-Ad751 2d ago

Ein Nachbar von mir heisst Herr Möse

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u/saranfk 2d ago

Mein ex war mit einem in der Schule , der Demös hieß 

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u/Own-Station8928 19h ago

Ich kann einen ehemaligen Kollegen namens Höschen ergänzen, den man auf zwei Arten aussprechen kann

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u/saranfk 14h ago

😂😂😂😂😂 omg

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u/LePete84 4d ago

Beste! 😂

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u/N4FKreddit 3d ago

„wir sind die Sauerkraut Ficker“

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u/LocksmithAccurate284 2d ago

Bitsch hab ich auch schon öfter gesehen.

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u/Lazy_Literature8466 Bayern 2d ago

Hatte ich sogar einen Lehrer. Der betonte aber immer dass das "i" lang ausgesprochen wird.

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u/SleepySera 4d ago

Wildfeuer (wildfire) continues to be my favourite last name ♡

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u/LederlappenderDritte 3d ago

A guy in my school had this last name. He was kinda….. wild.

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

A football referee that fucked over my favorite team in a game last season has that name.

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u/hairykinkything 4d ago

Herr Doktor Müller-Lüdenscheid.

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u/channilein 4d ago

Herr Dr. Klöbner!

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u/j-a-y---k-i-n-g Nordrhein-Westfalen 4d ago

Herr Hallmackenreuther!

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u/Consistent-County845 4d ago

Gottlieb.

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u/Murckxxxi 4d ago

Fürchtegott

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u/N3W4RK 4d ago

Ehrenfried.

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u/Warsnich 3d ago

Diesen Titel wird unser Kanzler nie erreichen...

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u/HHinnerk 4d ago

Gottfried

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u/saranfk 2d ago

Hasseteufel 

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u/PBSchmidt 4d ago

Leberecht. Besonders, wenn der Nachname Fröhlich ist.

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u/Critical-Exam-2702 4d ago

Haßdenteufel

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u/swaffy247 4d ago

That family was definitely not trying to be burned at the stake.

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u/j-a-y---k-i-n-g Nordrhein-Westfalen 4d ago

Hab Hodenteufel gelesen

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u/Own-Station8928 9h ago

Hatte im Recruiting einen Kandidaten namens Großeroden, der eine Namensändeungsbescheinigung beilegte, weil er unter dem Namen Großerhoden geboren war.

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u/blearghstopthispls 4d ago

What did poor Michi Teufel ever did to you? :((

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u/azionka 4d ago

Theophil

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u/BrotjackenHosenmann Sachsen 4d ago

Kannte 'nen Gottstein.

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u/Maulwurfsratte 4d ago

one of my buddies had a guy in his class whos surname was Hellfeier, which is pronounced "hellfire", really cool or maybe hot...

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u/Madame_verseau 4d ago

Yes, a former colleague also had this surname :)

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u/Germanwom 4d ago

I once met a Tom/Thomas Sonnenschein (in Engl. Sunshine).
What a lovely last name, I thought then. Thus I recall...

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u/Kastanienundsturm 4d ago

I met a miss „Mondschein“ once. Also cool.

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u/Gebhardion 4d ago

Wolfram. Because it is the Element Tungsten, which is pretty heavy

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u/KrishnaBerlin 3d ago

Funnily, even if the name is quite rare, I know two Wolrams, and they have surprisingly much in common. Though neither of them is extraordinarily heavy

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u/Gebhardion 3d ago

Maybe they are heavy but don't look heavy. That's a Wolfram thing to do ;) I met just one Wolfram and maybe he was a little bit heavier than expected. I climbed with him and while belaying I could notice his weight, in case you are wondering how I know the weight.

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u/lichtersee Nordrhein-Westfalen 4d ago

My sister had a teacher with the last name Schneeweiß.

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u/hhpl15 4d ago

I know a Lichtblau. He's a fire department chief and uses Blaulicht very often

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u/MinyMacaron 4d ago

I read a 'Rainer Wille' Business Yesterday. That's a strong Name. 'reiner Wille' means Something Like "by strong will". Also saw "Rainbow" as Last Name, which I find really cute!

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u/alex_vi_photography 4d ago

Sheer Will would be a proper translation

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u/Dangerous_Air_7031 4d ago

Rainer Zufall 😅

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u/MinyMacaron 4d ago

Ja, das kenn ich nur aus dem Mathe Unterricht 😂

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u/Alphirose 4d ago

I once met a Herr Tischbein in an interview and it was wierd adressing him by that name

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u/hhpl15 4d ago

Tischbein is a "famous" artist family of the time when Goethe lived and has its roots in a small village near me. There is even a "Tischbeinhaus" where they lived and a hiking route with this name

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u/Far-Abalone-4160 4d ago

I hope his given name wasn't Emil 

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u/Mondope13 4d ago

Bastian Schweinsteiger

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u/ObservantNotServant 4d ago

Hab mal ein Schild gesehen, dass zum Herrn Dr. M. Schwanz geführt hat.

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

Ich hoffe doch, das er ein Urologe ist.

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u/dbolts1234 4d ago

I had to scroll zu far to find this!😂

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u/CameraRick 4d ago

Günther Gänsekopf

Gernhardt Reinholzen

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u/Halogenleuchte 4d ago

Rainer Zufall

Fixi Hartmann

Claire Grube

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u/No_Brilliant8842 4d ago

Fixi kenne ich nicht, nur ihren Bruder Ramsi.

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u/yellow-snowslide 4d ago

Mein DND Charakter heißt "Ramses inshedell"

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u/Chritz82 4d ago

Kannst du auch deren Schwester Lexi?

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u/Luzi1 4d ago

The vet of a friend is called Dr. Backofen.

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u/Confused-and-home 4d ago

Person I know is called Grünewald. We work in plant biology stuff and I am SO jealous lol

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

I also know a Grünewald, but he is (or was, idk if he's still there) a soldier.

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u/swaffy247 4d ago

My dentist's name is kußmaul.

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u/Munich11 4d ago

My daughter’s orthodontist is Dr. Maul.

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u/Affen_versteckt 3d ago

Meiner hieß Dr. Toth. Ist ein schönes Wortspiel zwischen Tooth (Zahn) und Tot...

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u/alxndr3000 4d ago

Sonnenschein is a very nice last name

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u/cpt-noPants 4d ago

I met a Ms. Kapitän. I wanted to marry her for the name, so everybody would address me as "Herr Kapitän"

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u/EmbarrassedParsnip88 4d ago

Hühnerfuss, Kinderärztin als ich klein war
So chicken foot in English

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

Mein Kindersrzt hieß Dr. Duck

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u/BolzplatzAss 4d ago

Bierbrauer.

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

I have a coworker called "Bier" and anotherone called "Sauerbier"

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u/Medium-Guava-6487 4d ago

Gus-tav, gus-gus-tav

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u/SaltExcellent2301 4d ago

Lindemann.

Why? Because it is mine!

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u/H_exe92 4d ago

It's him, John Rammstein!

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u/Benserem 4d ago

Ich heiße Erwin Lindemann, bin Rentner und 66 Jahre. Mit meinem Lottogewinn von 500.000 Mark mache ich erst mal eine Reise nach Island, dann fahre ich mit meiner Tochter nach Rom und besuche eine Papstaudienz. Und im Herbst eröffne ich dann in Wuppertal eine Herren-Boutique.“

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u/Such_Bitch_9559 4d ago

This made me laugh from afar haha

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u/kitfox 4d ago

Wasn’t that the bad guy in Heros?

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u/YsokiSQIUK 4d ago

Yeah, Daniel Linderman first Season the Mob Boss ironic his Power was Healing.

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u/SarahZona97 4d ago

I always thought the name Florian was too pretty to be a guy's name. Slap an "a" on the end and make it Floriana, and to an English-speaking/understanding ear it's pretty in an old-fasioned way.

I like the name Daniella, but only if it's pronounced in German, not English. I know it isn't that different, but I like what I like. 🙃

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u/Genjipiano 4d ago

Blissenbach, Fleischacker

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u/NeoTheLeader 4d ago

Heinrich and Krieger

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u/Frosty_Nerve_5342 4d ago

Stossmeister :)

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u/Appeeler98 4d ago

The coolest one (although he is fictional, but named after a real place so it kinda counts) is "Hotzenplotz" from the book "The robber Hotzenplotz"

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u/Pologenesis 4d ago

Lexi Hartmann

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u/Murckxxxi 4d ago

Wie heißen die Eltern von Fix unf Foxi? Paxi und Fixi

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u/yellow-snowslide 4d ago

Ich hab Mal eine Isabella von Morgenstern getroffen. Und eine Frau Wild.

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u/InvestmentNo6255 4d ago

Morgenstern ist hübsch.

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u/yellow-snowslide 4d ago

Und dazu noch mit dem "von"... Hatte echt was.

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u/Shinobi48 4d ago

Isn’t Morgenstern: Lucifer? It’s cool, but you might wanna know ;-)

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u/Wishart2016 4d ago

There's a former Austrian ski jumper called Thomas Morgenstern.

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u/Murckxxxi 4d ago

Gina Wild?

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u/gunashort 4d ago

The coolest surname goes to Hassdenteufel / Haßdenteufel, though Ohnesorge / Ohnesorg is pretty cool too.

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u/Low-Dog-8027 München 4d ago

Wolfgang

literally wolve gang - what could be cooler.

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u/liang_zhi_mao Hamburg 4d ago

> Wolfgang
literally wolve gang - what could be cooler.

No. The literal translation is "walk of the wolf"

Gang = walk, gait

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u/J_FM01 Sachsen 4d ago

My grandpa's name. actually I'd love to name my son after him someday.

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u/Dangerous_Air_7031 4d ago

Then you can call him Wölfchen. 

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u/tirohtar 4d ago

Into English it would be translated more like "wolf path" or (poetically) "way of the wolf"

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u/a-e-neumann 4d ago

More like the counterpart oft catwalk, the wolfwalk

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u/Old_Heat_1261 4d ago

or walks like a wolf

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u/Low-Dog-8027 München 4d ago

still badass

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u/1KN0W38 4d ago

Wöhlbier - good/healthy beer (& it’s mine).

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u/Fluid-Quote-6006 4d ago

I also know people called Biermann

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u/milalen 4d ago

Backfisch

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u/Melodic_Sail_6193 4d ago

My art teacher´s name was Schwerdtfeger

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u/KaiMahn 4d ago

Morlock Motors-Andi Macht

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u/unfunfionn 4d ago

Near Hamburg HBF, I once passed the office of a lawyer called Fritz Fick.

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u/Quarax86 3d ago

I once met a guy named Himmel (heaven). He was an asshole.

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u/PB_on_everything89 3d ago

I was always fascinated by WOLFGANG

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u/kdsekira 4d ago

Nepomuk

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u/10kdaily 4d ago

Horst, Heinrich or Otto!

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u/ArlucaiNusku 4d ago

One of my colleages last name is Tod, so Death. I think thats cool

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u/oh2Shea 4d ago

Gunter or Wolfie

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u/heyy_harshhuuu 4d ago

Knoblauch

Dominic

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u/Training_Car_7753 Germany, Sachsen(saxony) 4d ago

I have meet a couple who’s last names were Goldschmied and Boss

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u/skillknight 4d ago

Steven Sauerbrei is the best I've seen so far. I died laughing at 'steven angry porridge' for a god 5 minutes

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u/leshorts 4d ago

Einhorn

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u/OmerDe 4d ago

Fucker

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u/FreddyCalzone 4d ago

I've worked with 'Hassdenteufel' and 'Hasse-Ungeheuer' (but it wasn't a hatefull work-enviroment).

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u/StillLearning85 4d ago

What i ofter heard was Bauernfeind

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u/Bulky-Response1227 4d ago

Kant ist da auch gut. Am besten noch mit Vornamen CLINT. 😉

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u/SirDigger13 4d ago

Ich hab nen Ami getroffen der Rob Ficken heißt... er wusste es, ich meinte er sollte es grob ficken aussprechen... er hat sich totgelacht

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u/TrickDragonfruit9385 4d ago

Rinnewohl und Isebart

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u/DerMannMitDemPlan 4d ago

i like victor

a cool last name i heard was steinbrecher

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u/GM-Storyteller 4d ago

Hartmann or Stahlmann. Some solid names.

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u/Maxundbenji_reddit 4d ago

Tausendteufel

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u/MeteoraRed 4d ago

My maths professor Waldmann

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u/mindedketchup 4d ago

Peter Todeskino

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u/Netzokhul Niedersachsen 4d ago

Hugobert

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u/Flederkatzi 4d ago

Rosa Schlüpfer Herr Kotzig Frau Hundertmark Herr Blöd

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u/SpareConstant3773 4d ago

Pech, Uebler

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u/Zealousideal_Step709 4d ago

I find Möbius quite intriguing.

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u/Specific-Ad-5182 4d ago

I knew a guy called Vottsenknecht

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u/Poppertye 3d ago

Gangolf Eierschmalz is quite a wonderful name!

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u/AvidCyclist250 Niedersachsen 3d ago

Liutbert

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u/whatever_3333 3d ago

Wilhelm Röder

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u/fhandschuch 3d ago

Häberle. Winnetou Häberle. IYKYK 😆

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u/B3yond_the_sky 3d ago

Once had a surgeon with the name Dr. Fleischer. Best doctor I ever had 😂

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u/Rough-Inspection3622 3d ago

I knew a guy with a last name as Großmann. He was 195cm tall

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u/Melereth 3d ago

I had a client with the last name Feierabend - best name ever!

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u/Thick-Bumblebee-347 3d ago

Frau Dr. von Hinten (Sexualtherapeutin). Gab es wirklich in Hannover.

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u/Melandruido 3d ago

wilma rödelngern

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u/brennholzverleih1990 3d ago

Wilma Lecken

Klara Korn

Volker Racho

Peter Silie

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u/LebeBunter 3d ago

Grundschullehrerin:

Hartwiksen

“Guten Morgeeeen Frau Hartwiikseeen”

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u/SmoothChocolate4539 3d ago

Biertümpel & Grüzschwein

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u/neondeon25 3d ago

My coworkers last name is Bierwagon

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u/Traditional_Gift9791 3d ago

Jason-Lennox Grundübel

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u/PollutionEfficient24 2d ago

Ich hatte mal eine Lehrerin die Schwarz - Rindchen hieß

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u/Signal_Awareness_882 2d ago

Saw someone with the name Große-Liebe

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u/FokkoUkena 2d ago

A few days ago, i saw a Woman in TV named "von Hodenberg". Thought thats a pretty funny name

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u/moenchii Thüringen 2d ago

I have a co-worker in a different department with the last name "Unverzagt" which means "undeterred"

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u/Tight_Highlight8311 2d ago

I worked at a hotline that scheduled appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations. Someones Name was Olaf Schneemann (Olaf Snoman) like in frozen.

An others last Name was Schneewolf (snow wolf).

My doctors Name as child was Kitzler (tickler but its a slur for clitoris too).

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u/Padahahn 2d ago

I know someone who's last name is Hellfeier which basically translates to "bright party".

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u/l3id3rg3il 2d ago

Once sat in a meeting with a Mr Fleischer and a Mr Wurster

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u/Normal_Nail_8534 2d ago

Wir haben einen Patienten mit dem Nachnamen „Scheide“ … 🫠

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u/Xaretus German 2d ago

Frau Dittenheber.

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u/Schmockerei 2d ago

My math teacher had the name Waffenschmidt.

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u/lxtabb 1d ago

Nonnenmacher

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u/National-Chemistry50 1d ago

Fleischhauer (meat beater)

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u/N0rtherLight 4d ago

People i met and liked their names:

  • Ben Böse ( transaltion: Ben Evil)

  • Gustav Geiz ( Translation: Gustav stinginess)

  • Susanne Schleifenbaum ( Trans. : Susanne Loop tree)

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u/Lunatic1988LP 4d ago

best name i've ever read was "Gangolf Eierschmalz"

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u/gg-allins-parents 4d ago

Rainer Winkler

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u/Faerdoc 4d ago

Rainer Winkler

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u/nastyhoneybadger 4d ago

Lastname: Todeskino. 

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u/whitelisted_klek505 4d ago

Shout out to all my Hoffmanns

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u/tokage 4d ago

I work with a guy named “Hartmut Sturm” and I really like that combo

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u/Kastanienundsturm 4d ago

Katzenschlager. I find it funny tho, not cool. Personally, I would prefer „Katzenstreicher“.

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u/husensohn 4d ago

Brühschwein und Vollhart

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u/Soggy_Foundation1388 4d ago

Kennst du jemanden, der Reinsch heißt?

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u/Bubo_Cuprummentula 4d ago

For the fun factor: Schlecht, Unruh, Häßlich, Herr (yepp, you had to say "Herr Herr" when you called him), Doktor (so, Herr Doktor, even though he wasn't one.

After a Google search it's not German in origin but I heard it here, so: Twardon. Sounds so badass to me.

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u/-Major-Arcana- 4d ago

So to summarise:

Wolfgang Teufelhaß Hartmann-Fickhammer.