"Hunden hette Björn."
Translation:The dog's name was Björn.
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Then, the dog was probably nicknamed "Nalle" (teddy bear) or "Bamse" if he was Danish :).
"Nalle" also means teddybear in Finnish (borrowed from Swedish of course). I have always liked this word (sounds sweet). Sorry for being a little off-topic.
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How is "Nalle" pronounced, I've said it in my head 3 different ways at least... I'm gonna check forvo... It does sound cute!
As the world may well have learned along with Björn Borg, it's perfectly normal Swedish given name. Quite common actually. :) Other noun-names in Swedish are Sten (stone) and Stig (path) for men.
Wolf Blitzer is a news reader for CNN, so it's not uncommon in English.
I guess those who are named that are quite used to it. :p
Interestingly, Stone seems to be popular, since Peter and Pierre mean the same thing.
I think it's because Peter in the Bible is one of those. Jesus even makes a pun about it, let me google this…
Swedish: (Mattheus 16:18)
Och jag säger dig att du är Petrus, Klippan, och på den klippan skall jag bygga min kyrkaEnglish: (Matthew 16:18)
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church
Some joker said that the Bible would be better if Peter's name were changed to Rocky: I tell you that you are Rocky, and on this rock I will build my church
In the original Greek it makes more sense. Petros = Peter, and Petros = rock.
It's 'Pedro' in portuguese, and stone is 'pedra'.
Not once in my life have I questioned or even noticed the similarity :|
Late to the party, but still: @Synthpopalooza Petros (Πέτρος) is Peter and petra (πέτρα) - so not petros - is rock in Greek.
Matthew 16:18: κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν...
And again with a US newsreader .. Stone Phillips for NBC. We use those names sometimes too. :)
I love the name Björn, only some guy from primary school kinda ruined it by being called that... But Sten is also really cool as a name!
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We used to have a dog named Bear, who was half Schipperke and half Corgi. My inlaws named him that because he looked just like a bear cub when he was a puppy.
My former roommate's dog was called Bear!!! He was a very good fluffy boy.
I love the name Axel ('shoulder' in Swedish). Plenty of English names are nouns - Matt, Rob, Bob, Nick, Cliff, Doug (some are spelt differently to the noun, but they're pronounced the same).
