With over 2,000 entries with commentaries, the Atlas of German Family Names provides access for the first time to the entire corpus of family names in Germany. The concerns of linguists are addressed in a section on grammar, those of cultural historians in a lexical section. With its collection of occupational names and nicknames, the newly designed Volume 5 will be an indispensable sourcebook for the history of language, society, and mentality.

Konrad Kunze , University of Freiburg, Germ ...