last name help
Just wondering if anyone knew a good website where you can find out about last names? I am looking about a name in particular, Roese, (spelt Röse until about 100 years ago). It's a German name, I believe. Can anyone have a guess at how it's pronounced?Thanks!
Cassie
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Thankyou Satu and Jeniffer for your help!! :)
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Hi Cassie,There are some different possibilities concerning the origin of the German name Röse / Roese:1) A name for a rose lover or rose grower
2) Coming from a place named Rösa (in Sachsen-Anhalt, Eastern Germany)
3) Coming from a place named Rose, Rosa or Rosau (MANY place names in Germany)
4) Living in a house named "Rose" or "zur Rose"
5) Professional name from Middle Low German "rose", "kalkrose" (= lime grate) for a limeburner
6) From a German first name Rozo, a pet form for names beginning with Ruod-/Rod-/Rud- (like Roderich, Rudolf, Ruodbert etc.) meaning "fame"Possibilities 1-4 all come from the flower name Rose (same in English).The o becoming an ö is like a kind of a diminutive form:Röschen ("little rose" in modern High German)
Rösken ("little rose" in modern Low German)
Rösle ("little rose" in modern south German dialects)
Rösli ("little rose" in modern Swiss German)For the pronunciation you can listen here:http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/pronounce/Choose "Long & short ö" from the list on the right hand side. Then listen to no. 1 "The long "ö" sound". There's a word "böse" (naughty) which sounds exactly like Röse / Roese except for the b instead of the r in the beginning.
You can listen to the "r" sound as well. Consonants are on the list on the left hand side. Listen to the last example "Reporter".Hope that helps!Regards, Satu
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I'm not sure about meaning, but pronunciation wise I can help.
the ö is like the vowel sound in should/could/would... a soft ou sound or eu sound in french (fleur, peut). and the se ending sounds like zay or zeh
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