# New kitty -- need German name suggestions! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315 "2007-07-18T22:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/1 "2007-07-18T22:16:41Z")
[Here](http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/?action=view¤t=sissy.jpg) she is! (This is her shelter website photo. Better photos to come.) She’s a beautiful, petite brown tabby – and she must have a German name. We are considering Strasse because she was a street kitty. Dopers, can you give me more suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/2 "2007-07-18T22:21:17Z")
_Heiligefliegendekinderscheisse._ OK, not really, but I’ve been looking for an excuse to use that one for years. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/3 "2007-07-18T22:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] _Heiligefliegendekinderscheisse._ OK, not really, but I’ve been looking for an excuse to use that one for years. [/QUOTE] I love the sound of it, but what does it mean?!?? (Babel Fish tranlates is as “holy flying child shit”!) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/4 "2007-07-18T22:31:48Z")
Katarina…? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/5 "2007-07-18T22:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I love the sound of it, but what does it mean?!?? (Babel Fish tranlates is as “holy flying child shit”!) [/QUOTE] And you think that’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/6 "2007-07-18T22:42:21Z")
Schatze, pronounced _Shotsie_ - “sweetheart.” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/7 "2007-07-18T22:44:22Z")
Or maybe Katzenjammer, “cat’s cry,” a term for a loud annoying sound, or a hangover. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/8 "2007-07-18T22:46:54Z")
Schrodinger? ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/9 "2007-07-18T22:48:54Z")
Frau Kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/10 "2007-07-18T23:19:31Z")
Just don’t call her John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That’s my name. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/11 "2007-07-19T00:07:59Z")
Die Flayer-Mouse? What? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/12 "2007-07-19T00:27:15Z")
M nickname for one cat was “schöne Ratte.” ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/13 "2007-07-19T00:29:23Z")
I had a dog named Schotze once. It looked a lot like a sausage though. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/14 "2007-07-19T01:21:35Z")
Eva Braun? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/15 "2007-07-19T01:42:05Z")
Hassenpfeffer ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/16 "2007-07-19T01:47:54Z")
Depending on the personality, you may want tol name it _Ungerheuer_ (monster), one of the few words I remember from my high-school German. Or maybe _Schwartzwalderkirschtorte_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/17 "2007-07-19T01:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Just don’t call her John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That’s my name. [/QUOTE] Funny, that’s my name too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/18 "2007-07-19T01:59:04Z")
If she’s a clever kitty, you could call her “Wisenheimer.” (I know, I know, but it **sounds** German, _nicht wahr?)_ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/19 "2007-07-19T02:04:11Z")
I had a great great great great something grandmother from Bavaria whose name was Walburga. I’m not sure you can get more German than that. 😃 Oh, and she’s a cute one. I shouldn’t look at cat pictures. I’m greedy. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315/20 "2007-07-19T02:08:38Z")
You have “Sissy” on the photo page, so I’ll suggest **Sissi** (sic), the nickname of [Kaiserin Elisabeth von Wittelsbach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%2C_Empress_of_Austria), Empress of Austria-Hungary and Duchess of Bavaria. A suitably regal name for the queen of the house. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-need-german-name-suggestions/412315.md?page=2)