Re: German "Stein"

[Joachim Pense <snob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 28 Dec 2006 06:17:58 -0800 schrieb Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim:

> 3. A mineral water is called: Gerolsteinerstein. (I hope I wrote it
> correctly) here the use of Stein is even  trippled (Geroel + two times
> Stein).

It is called simply "Gerolsteiner". And I severely doubt that "Gerol"
has anything to do with "Geröll". ("Geröll" btw is a collective of
"rollen" - to roll; the literal meaning is "stuff that rolls around",
and it is used to denote stones/rocks that have rolled down a
mountainside ('rubble').

Joachim