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Hösslin

English translation: Hösslin/Hößlin

16:12 Dec 5, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Genealogy / A family genealogy of Swiss ancestors that goes back to 1559
German term or phrase: Hösslin
"Der Auswanderer Hanns Suter, der den Übernamen "der Hösslin" trug, lässt sich nicht genauer bestimmen, weil es in Rünenberg im letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts zahlreiche Namensvettern von mir gab."
Katharine Oden
United States
Local time: 13:05
English translation:Hösslin/Hößlin
Explanation:
Hößlin (auch Hösslin, Hoeßlin, Hoesslin, griechisch Έσσλιν) ist ein weitverzweigtes bayerisches Adelsgeschlecht aus dem Augsburger Patriziat.

see Wikipedia

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Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 13:05
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3(nickname of) Hösslin (Hößlin)
Ulrike Kraemer
3 +2Hösslin/Hößlin
Kevin Fulton


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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(nickname of) Hösslin (Hößlin)


Explanation:
Suter's nickname was "Hösslin"

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hößlin

Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johannes Gleim: Hösslin (in Switzerland)
31 mins
agree  AllegroTrans
5 hrs
agree  Thomas Pfann: Dass das unbedingt etwas mit dem Adelsgeschlecht zu tun hat, würde ich bezweifeln. Wenn man eine Erklärung hinzufügen möchte, dann sollte man wohl eher erklären, was ein Übername ist.
20 hrs
  -> Ich halte es auch für Spekulation, automatisch anzunehmen, dass Suter dem Adelsgeschlecht der Hößlin angehörte.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Hösslin/Hößlin


Explanation:
Hößlin (auch Hösslin, Hoeßlin, Hoesslin, griechisch Έσσλιν) ist ein weitverzweigtes bayerisches Adelsgeschlecht aus dem Augsburger Patriziat.

see Wikipedia

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-12-05 21:08:26 GMT)
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    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%9Flin_(Adelsgeschlecht)
Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 13:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: So leave it untranslated/there is no translation?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
5 mins
agree  Mair A-W (PhD)
33 mins
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