Re: Question
Walter Amos (amos@sedl.org)
Sat, 7 Mar 1998 18:11:06 -0600 (CST)
On Sat, 7 Mar 1998 wami@cuhk.edu.hk wrote:
> Walter Amos wrote:
>
> > There is no doubt whatsoever that the "blonde brat's" first name is Reinhard.
> > That is a perfectly valid honest-to-goodness German name. (Remember Hitler's
> > protege, the Naziest Nazi of them all, Reinhard Heydrich?) Not to mention
> > that it is shown as Reinhard in all the original Japanese subtitles.
>
> > The only possible question could come from the exact spelling of the name.
> > There are 3 valid spellings I have seen, in decreasing order of usage:
> > Reinhard, Reinhart, and Reinhardt.
>
> To me, I have forgotten what is the spelling of Reinhart's name written in
> the anime, but I am definitely sure that Reinhart is the spelling that the Germans
> prefer. In the German supplementary texts that I've read, there is an example
> using the name Reinhart.
>
> > To me the bigger question is his last name. It is usually written
> > "Lohengramm" from the original and fan subtitles, but I have seen "Lowengramm"
> > in one or two places. The German word for "lion" is "Lowe" (with an umlaut
> > over the "o"), and there is a gold lion on Reinhard's heraldic flag. Also
> > there is the sort of the symbolism of Reinhard's golden "mane". I wonder
> > therefore if maybe the second spelling is more correct. But I can't say for
> > certainty. And I guess I have become used enough to the former spelling that I
> > would probably advocate sticking to it for consistency.
>
> I remembered that someone on the list have said a couple of months ago that
> the surname of Reinhart might be the name of a famous German legendary hero,
> Lohengrin (?). This is the immediate response that my German professor gave me
> when I showed him the name Reinhart von Lohengramm. He asked me whether Lohengramm
> is the correct spelling or not. He said that it just looks like Lohengrin.
> Therefore, I think the 'right' spelling of Reinhart's surname might be
> Lohengramm. Moreover, another German professor also agrees that Lohengramm
> might be an imitation of the surname of the German hero. He also explained that
> "rein" means 'pure' and "hart" means 'hard'. So, it is the same as what Walter has
> said.
>
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