What is the meaning behind the Episode names for the original season, Träumend and Ouvertüre?


In original season, _Träumend_ (season 2) and _Ouvertüre_ (prequel OVA) each
episode has a strange name such as _Fräulein Rose_ (Season 1 Episode 1),
_Rozenkristall_ (Season 2 Episode 1) and _Ewigkeit_ (OVA Episode 1). About the
only ones I understand are from Season 2:

  * Episode 2 _Enju_ which is when I think Enju is introduced
  * Episode 12 _Alice_

> being the final battles to determine Alice

I am wondering what is the meaning behind these names?




I have not seen the OVA and do not have acess to any of the episodes. So I
can't really help connect the meaning of the titles to theyr episodes.

Those names are in german, and perhaps not very good german.

_Fräulein Rose_ being composed of _Fräulein_ , which is an outdated word for a
young or unmarried woman (Wikitionary says the word in now avoided and
considered disrespectful and sexist) and the word _Rose_ , which does means
rose, meaning something like "Young Lady Rose" or "Young lady of the Rose".
Probably meaning Shinku.

_Rozenkristall_ is a result of the word _Rose_ being turned into an adjective
for _kristall_ , which means "crystal". The word would mean "Crystal Rose".
Which is the meaning of "Barasuishou".

_Ewigkeit_ means _Eternity_.

_Träumend_ means _Dreaming_.

_Ouvertüre_ is _Overture_ , no secrets, as the OVAs are a prequel.

I suggest using google translator for any other german title you find in the
series, as it seems to be the theme used by the producers.




Well, none of the names are truely _strange,_ they are merely German ;) Going
by the episode lists on [AniDB](http://anidb.net/perl-
bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2386) which I remembered to be consistent with
the titles I saw on-screen the titles and translations are:

  * _Fräulein Rose_ — _Miss Rose_ or _Lady of the Rose;_ likely a reference to Shinku. Her appearance.

  * _Kleine Beere_ — _Small berry,_ Hina-ichigo’s translated name as far as I remember. Her appearance.

  * _Mercury Lampe_ — This is nonsense in German. A _mercury lamp_ (also [Suigintou’s translated name](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/26829/13532)) would be _Quecksilberdampflampe._ But that is long and doesn’t sound poetic, (as nothing containing _Quecksilber_ does) so they probably decided to just translate _lamp_ to _Lampe._ The reference is, of course, Suigintou’s appearance.

  * _Jade Stern_ (should be _Jadestern_ in proper German) — _Jade star._ Suiseiseki’s translated name and the episode in which she appears.

  * _Die Treppe_ — _The stairs._ You remember that horrific filler episode, don’t you?

  * _Tränen_ — _Tears._ Contrary to the earlier episodes I don’t quite know what this refers to.

  * _Träume_ — _Dreams._ Because of the dream Shinku is in.

  * _Lapislazuli Stern_ (should be _Lapislazulistern_ in proper German) — _Lapis lazuli star._ Souseiseki’s translated name and the episode in which she appears.

  * _Die Gefängnis_ — _The prison._ They got the article wrong, it should be _das._ I don’t know why none of the production crew could look the word up in a dictionary when they did so well with everything else (even umlauts). But whatever. The title of course references the prison the dolls and Jun are in in Souseiseki’s master’s dream.

  * _Abschied_ — _Farewell,_ preparing for Shinku’s departure into the N-field.

  * _Schicksal_ — _Fate._ Because of all the fate that is involved.

  * _Reiner Rubin_ — _Pure ruby._ Shinku’s translated name.

> Because it is all about Shinku, repairing her and her intermediate win
> against Suigintou.

[Rozen Maiden Träumend](http://anidb.net/perl-
bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=3169): ( _träumend_ is _dreaming_ )

  * _Rozenkristall_ (should be _Rosenkristall_ ) — _Rose Crystal._ As was said, this is Bara-Suishou and her appearance episode.

  * _Enju_ — Erm, yeah, it’s a proper noun. We get to know him.

  * _Kanarienvogel_ — _Canary._ This is the episode where we get to know the canary yellow doll Kanaria.

  * _Vereinbarung_ — _Contract._

> Because Suiseiseki enters one with Jun.

  * _Der Brief_ — _The letter,_ because both Hina-Ichigo and Suiseiseki copy Souseiseki in writing letters of thanks and the episode centres around this.

  * _Engel_ — _Angel._ This is the episode where Suigintou meets Megu.

  * _Teegesellschaft_ — _Tea company_ (could be both the people around you and the firm — like in English). Kanaria manages to ‘persuade’ the other dolls to join her master for a tea party.

  * _Puppenmacher_ — _Doll maker._ This is where Jun starts visiting Enju to watch how dolls are made.

  * _Der Tadel_ — _The reproach._

> There’s quite a lot of criticism going on from one side to another — it’s
> practically the first Alice game episode. I’ll let you choose who is being
> reproached.

  * _Tomoe_ — well, okay ;).

> The one where Hina-Ichigo gets to be with Tomoe one last time.

  * _Rosengarten_ — _Rose garden._

> A reference to the dolls’ fighting grounds.

  * _Alice_ — yeah, you got that.

[Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre](http://anidb.net/perl-
bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4772): ( _Ouvertüre_ is _overture_ )

  * _Ewigkeit_ — _Eternity._ I don’t quite know why this name was chosen, but maybe just because it sounds cool.

  * _Eitelkeit_ — _Vanity._ Possibly because this episode shows us the source of Suigintou’s pride in herself.

