How do you pronounce Meyer, Mayer, Mair, Meier, etc. in German? And what is a Meyer, anyways? 

Thank you! 🙂

They both have their distinct allure, I feel. It was a bold choice to go with a woman for the revival of the show. Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching my videos!

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

Ja, es gibt viele Meyer im deutschen Sprachraum. 🙂

Grätz hört sich eher nach einem Ort an, von dem ihre Vorfahren stammten - und nicht nach einem Beruf wie Meyer.

Thanks! . . . Actually, Karl lived before there was a proper "Deutschland" I think. In my mind, the Franks were really the ancestor or forebears of west-central Europe, more than just one particular country.

@@loquidity4973 Yes indeed, he lived before Deutschland existed. That doesn't change the fact that he was a Fränkisch speaking Germanic King. He didn't speak French or Latin. French didn't yet exist, and for Latin he had his priests. Also, that his name was just plain Karl. Karl, der Große Karl, de Groot And, what I find interesting, is the fact that I, so long after Karl, can still easily understand the language he spoke. Certainly changed somewhat, but still his language and differing from other old Germanic tribal dialects, such as Sauerlaendisch, or old Dutch.

@@Fritz999 You don't think that he was multi-lingual, fluent in old Franconian dialects as well as Church Latin and the vernacular Latins that would be the basis for modern French? The Frankish court knew how important the education of their nobility was, I would think.

@@loquidity4973 Based on what I learned about him I had to conclude that his language indeed was Fränkisch and, if he had Latin, not enough to do without his Latin priests.

@@Fritz999 I am just making educated guesses. You could be completely right.

You are welcome! Yes, never underestimate the power of middle management . . . or a Mayer, or Meier, or . . . you know what I mean ;-)

Sorry to correct you. Charlemagne is/was not the name. The actual Name is Karl! Later generations called him Karl the Great, which is the meaning of Charlemagne.

@@Fritz999 Yeah, after I got in my car and drove off I got to wondering if I had understood that correctly. I had always thought the magne part was like magnus or magnum, as in Chuckie the Great. But I had made a far worse mistake that you were kind enough not to mention. I had put a gratuitous apostrophe in Carolingians.

And even though the 2nd part of the appellation, Charlemagne, may have come from the word for "Great," the word "magne" comes from the same origin as major in the sense of "great". I also found this etymology for the surname Meyer: "From the Middle High German word "meiger," meaning "higher or superior." So it works both ways, if you follow it back. Moral of the story: Never underestimate Mr. Loquidity!

@@johngorentz6409 :-)

Maybe those terms have a common origin. In German, there is also the word "Bottich" for an large, open vessel for liquids, like a vat or a trough. Thanks for sharing!

@@loquidity4973 For an large, open vessel for liquids we have the word "танкер" /tanker/. Vat is "бак" /bak/ or "чан" /chan/. Trough is "корыто" /koryto/.

@@user-bi4eo3ys1f We have "der Tank" for a large closed container, usually for fuel but also other liquids.

In English we kinda just sound them out, don't we. In German, ai, ei, ay and ey are all pronounced like the English word "eye."

Das englische Wort "mayor" und der militärische Rang "Major" sind beide aus dem Lateinischen und mit "maior" verbunden, aber nicht mit "maior domus," soweit ich weiss. The English word "mayor" and the military rank "major" are both derived from the Latin adjective "maior," but not direclty related to the title "maior domus," as far as I know. Danke schön für den Kommentar! 🙂

Bingo!

In Russian we have several words for English mayor: мэр /mer/, градоначальник /gradonachál'nik/, городничий /gorodníchiy/, городовой /gorodovóy/, бургомистр /burgomístr/.

@@user-bi4eo3ys1f The last one you listed looks very similar to the German word for "mayor," which is "Bürgermeister."

@@loquidity4973 This is a loanword. Probably, from German. "мэр" is a loanword too, it is from French.

Hehe 😉

Ja, ganz bestimmt.