I need a German place name for my story

[CarlHoliday]

One of the characters in my new story "The Valley of the Dwarfs" comes from a farming community called "Three Valleys." I want to use a German equivalent. Not remembering enough German from what I took in college over forty years ago and looking out on the web, the best I came up with is Dreitales.

 

I'd appreciate it if someone could confirm my guess or let me know an appropriate option.

 

Thanks

[KJames]

One of the characters in my new story "The Valley of the Dwarfs" comes from a farming community called "Three Valleys." I want to use a German equivalent. Not remembering enough German from what I took in college over forty years ago and looking out on the web, the best I came up with is Dreitales.

 

I'd appreciate it if someone could confirm my guess or let me know an appropriate option.

 

Thanks

 

The Babelfish translator on altavista.com came up with: Drei T

[CarlHoliday]

The Babelfish translator on altavista.com came up with: Drei T

[KJames]

hey thanks, and if you don't want html to mistranslate the

[JamesSavik]

There are so many rich place names in Germany- Wurtzberg, Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, Wiesbaden (where I was born).

 

They all sound like something you might find on a map of Middle Earth.

[CarlHoliday]

If you look closely at Bruegel's The Corn Harvest, you might actually see the character who needed the place-name. He's in there. Or, is here standing behind the artist and looking over his shoulder.

 

Yes, the painting portrays Belguim and the time period is a quite a bit later than I want, but the landscape is fairly close to what I'm imagining. And, yes, Germany is chock full of interesting place-names. I had fun with a ton of "burgs" in my last story.

[PrivateTim]

hey thanks, and if you don't want html to mistranslate the

[Daisy139]

I'm a native speaker of German so I'll try to help... typically when the word for valley shows up in a place name, it's spelled with a th (older spelling - most places are older than modern orthography). I could see something like Dreithal maybe (without a plural ending, which would be -er, but that would sound more like a person's last name). Dreithalen might be possible, but it would obscure the meaning somewhat (you might actually want that, but if you don't, I would go with the first version). Hope that helps!

[CarlHoliday]

Dreithalen might be possible, but it would obscure the meaning somewhat (you might actually want that, but if you don't, I would go with the first version). Hope that helps!

 

Obscure, now that works!

 

Thanks

[Dolores Esteban]

I'm German. The correct plural is T

[CarlHoliday]

As one character (the local superintendant of the dwarf mine) says, "Dreithal is recorded in the Great Log of Dwarf Mines." :pickaxe:

[YaP]

Dreithal sounds good to me as well