LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.23 (06) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

Beste Jonny,

You wrote:
> Where did you hear 'Rötgen' as a common German word?

It's nowadays probably no longer common in everyday speech all over
(Northern?) Germany, but on the other hand you can still see it in place
names...even in Schleswig-Holstein :-D   (check Google Maps, and you
will also find one in Högsdorf...besides two other ones in Neunkirchen
and Viersen and one Rödchen in Achtelsbach).

As a street name, it's much more common: "Am Rödchen" gives you 1110
hits on Google and 831 on Altavista. I haven't checked all of those, so
I can't tell you right away whether those streets are geographically
evenly distributed all over Germany or whether they're more typical for
a certain region. Guess one needs a forest to have a clearing, so
there's maybe more of those in the South?

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx
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