it is just the other way round: in German, HASS means "hate" whereas HAAS seems to be linked to the word "hare" (HASE). However, I am not a linguist, so the actual origins of the two names may be different. Best regards, Christina Behrendt At 06:43 08.11.2000 -0600, you wrote: >When I was in Germany during and immediately after WW II as an >Anmerican soldier, I was told by the Germans that HASS meant "hare" >and that HAAS meant "hate".. Can anyone clarify this ?? - Ken Haas >(Hass) > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "The Lovitts" <cread@wn.com.au> >To: <HAAS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:06 PM >Subject: [HAAS-L] Jewish families > > >> Apparently these organizations think HAAS is a >> > typically Jewish name.- Ken Haas >> >> >> It is a typically Jewish name. The meaning is "Hare", which is why >my Dad >> nicknamed Mum "Bunny" when he married her. The secondary meaning >states >> "Lower Germanic and Jewish surname". My ancestors came from Puchov >in >> northern Slovakia which of course was in Austria-Hungary in the >early days. >> They lived there for nearly all of the 19th century, my grandfather >was born >> there in 1879 but even his grandparents lived in that village and >they were >> all Jewish. >> >> Amanda Haas >> Boulder, Western Australia >> >> >> ============================== >> Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > > > >============================== >Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > >