Help w/ German Pronunciation- Jaecar - Page 4

 Well, you watched OMEN, didn't you?

No, actually.  I'm a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to North American popular culture -- I wasn't here as a kid, and as an adult I don't have a lot of time or interest.  There's a lot of television, music, and film that I'm completely clueless about.  Wikipedia just filled me in about what it was about and the jackal link. :D

Dutch Shepherd named Jackal.  He is a dirty, sneaky, nasty SOB. He likes to put his handlers in the hospital. Apptly named, I thought.

I'd say that says as much about the handlers (particularly whoever originally trained the dog) than about the dog.  I've met some dogs who are just nasty, granted, but a lot of them have cause, even if it was only one incident, once.  Sometimes that's enough (particularly with some very smart, sensitive individuals).

Heh.  I always find that whole "jackals are vile" sentiment along with "unlike the noble lion".  If anyone has ever seen real lions -- or a good documentary -- they know they're not even slightly noble. So much for ascribing human vices and virtues to the animal kingdom!  

Personally I'm always amazed and enthralled with the versatility of some of the smaller carnivores (though everyone seems to romance about the big ones).  Foxes, skunks, coyotes, raccoons, civets -- and jackals! Where they're not actively persecuted they manage to find a way to live with and around people.  It's part of what makes us so fond of dogs, too -- they adjust themselves to fit into our lives.  If you look at it from the animal's perspective that's not exactly an easy thing to do.

Jackel73 & Keith Grossman
I am appalled that you should think my wisdom is in doubt,
Yes, that is where i got it from a German  Baby Boy called Jaecar means Hunter, However it looks like the people who made out these names are wrong, for i will not go against a couple of Guys who are of German Origin that certainly would be insulting them even from an Oldster
Steve1

Hmmm dirty, sneaky and nasty...  I don't know if I'd want to jinx myself like that :-D
But I too love the wild animal kingdom for what it really is, and they do what they need to, to survive. People DO tend to put human tendencies to animals, Jackal. That has always surprised me. Seeing a photograph of an animal like a lion, mane blowing the breeze can take your breath away. Watching one eating a baby animal  can also take your breath away ;-)

Maybe I'll just go with "Joe"...nah, went to school with a Joe that pulled my hair all the time. Hmm

I don't know about the rest of you, but I like the challenge of my breeder giving me a letter and getting to choose the name. Especially since half the time when the dogs come already named, puppies anyway, we end up giving them a "call name"

Maybe I'll get a pair and name them "Judge"  and  "Jury"

Beetree, We were not allowed to watch anthing that would be rated higher than "G" as kids so I was an adult when I watched the Omen, and all the other "classic" horror movies. I still to this day cannot watch them.
I get nightmares lol

Stacy

"... i will not go against a couple of Guys who are of German Origin that certainly would be insulting them even from an Oldster."

No harm, no foul, Steve; just offering clarification.

No worries steve1, I can see where people just googled and went with what came up because there really *are* a full page of links to "Jaecar".  If you don't speak the language how are you to know it's not right? I am curious if it really is some archaic variant versus just a spelling mistake, but the problem is a lot of those online dictionaries for archaic languages come and go on the net because they're privately supported.  My favorite Saxon dictionary is gone.  :(  ( And yes, I really *am* that sort of nerd.  Mea culpa, all of you can laugh at me. :D )

 

If you're looking for a "J" name VomRuiz it really might be worth it for you to look up some references in Old German, Old English, etc.  You might find something you really like that isn't commonly used at all. 

LOL... aus welcher Ecke kommste denn, Jackal?

Me too has never heard of the name Jaecar, not even as an animal name. Some digging in the german dictionaries of Berthelsman did not return anything at all, meaning the word there is none existant. Also went to Althochdeutsch and Mittelhochdeutsch as well as some other dictionaries like the Goethe Dict. ect  with no results. The reference to the german "hunter" in Mittelhochdeutsch is Jager (yes with "a") or Jeger. The word itself is only listed on those babyname websites.

I think nerds are cute :-) Any idea where I can find those references Jackal?

Elkoorr, I am willing to bet that Jagar/Jaegar was changed by a parent wanting to be "different" or "original"

Yep, or simple by a typo... LOL

But, hey, we make names up all the time and why not give the dog that name, its gonna be unique after all. But I would pronounce it more like Cha-kaaarrr ("a" like the german "a") That makes it sound mysterious and powerful (now imagine an old Viking yelling Cha-kaaarrr.... LOL)

LOL!!!! 
That might be a good Idea!!! ;-)
I'm going to have run around hollering that today and se how it feels... Maybe when the neighbor is out manicuring his front yard hahhaha!!!

aus welcher Ecke kommste denn, Jackal

Eigentlich bin ich in Spanien geboren Elkoorr, aber meine Familie war von Ostpreußen.

Any idea where I can find those references

If you have access to a University library that would be best vomRuiz, but you can find a lot of them online too by searching.  For example, if you go to this link and scroll down you'll find some references for Old English and Middle High German.