They all seem to have German names of objects:
Rosenthal = Rose Valley
Goldstein = Gold Stone
Fensterscheib = Window pane
Fried = Peace
Goldman = Gold Man
Glassman = Glass Man
Staub = Dust
Wasserman = Water Man
Feldman = Field Man
Einstein = One Stone
Glatter = Smoother
Schwartz = Black
Schwartzman = Black Man
Goldfarb = Gold Colour
Berg = Mountain
Bergman = Mountain Man
Bogen = Curve
Eisen = Metal
Essen = Eating (food)
Roenblum = Rose Flower
Stern = Star
Sternberg = Star Mountain
Nachlass = Let Loose
Klein = Small
Schreiber = Writer
Baum = Tree
Kaufman = Merchant
Gross = Big
etc.etc.etc..........
2007-04-01 13:25:41 · 9 answers · asked by Larry1972 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Boris h: Small - Big Glass Man....... well Glass is an object - so I suppose the questioner should have elaborated on "objects" by including Sizes, and Species or Gender........
Brittany: Your name in German means Gold Stone or Golden Stone
j4Rose: Why do you assume that the questioner hates Jews and that he's obsessed??? There's not a hint of hate in his question.
ericaofg…: How do you surmise that the questioner is a racist??? Judaism is a religion and not a race! You seem rather ignorant and narrow minded.
2007-04-01 23:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sven B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you'll find alot of names describe the jobs people had or their line of work. Or their relation to a person in a line of work. I'm one fourth Irish, Italian, Scottish and Bohemian ( most likely Check/Slovak) and my name means barrel maker. Does this really matter?
2007-04-02 06:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's how most last names came to be---from places, objects or occupations.
All of those you put up aren't "Jewish" names, rather German names that many Ashkenazi Jews happen to have.
2007-04-01 20:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You find that with Germanic names generally,not just Jews. Denmark,Germany,you see it a lot in the Scandinavian states.
2007-04-01 20:49:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you not asked enough silly questions regarding Jewish people? Why are you so obsessed?? Take the time to get to know a few of them and you might not hate them as much.
2007-04-01 20:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Small? Big? Glass man? what kind of objects are these?
2007-04-01 20:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
ummm I'm Jewish and my last name is Goldstein...i don't know why they all mean objects though.
2007-04-01 20:32:56 · answer #7 · answered by Dalia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dude maybe their in tone with nature or somthing
go ask a jewish person
2007-04-01 20:30:32 · answer #8 · answered by KillerFool 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
you're a racist
2007-04-01 20:45:15 · answer #9 · answered by ericaofgordon 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋