Gidchen

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

I once knew a girl named Gidchen. I think it's German (or Swedish or something) for "sweetheart."

What do you think?

Comments

[lelvani.livejournal.com]

How would you pronounce that?
(I'm not a native English speaker...)

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

GID-chen (short "i" like in "kid")

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I would think someone was saying "kitchen" if i heard that name

[neroli.livejournal.com]

-chen is a common diminutive ending in German, so it's plausible as a German word. Can't tell you any more than that as I don't know any Swedish ;)

[elsh.livejournal.com]

Possibly fine if you're German. Sounds ridiculous in English speaking countries. Like someone mentioned, it sounds like Kitchen (the way you are pronouncing it, which I have to point out isn't German pronunciation).

If you're German, it would sound more like Hid-ken, with the beginning of Hid involving a sound of almost like clearing your throat. I can't explain it if you're not familiar with it. That's the closest description I can come up with.

If it's Swedish, it's another pronunciation entirely. I'm not familiar enough with Swedish to tell you how it would be pronounced in that language.

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me either. I just explained how the girl who was named Gidchen pronounced it. I never thought about the similarity to kitchen though.

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

For people who know German or at least know what the name means = cute
Otherwise = :/