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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?


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


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_Fräulein Rose_ being composed of _Fräulein_ , which is an outdated word for a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.


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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.


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