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Q: Why is Bilbo Baggins called Bilbo Beutlin in Der Hobbit?

nuggetheadIn Wolfgang Krege's translation of The Hobbit, Bilbo's surname is translated as Beutlin. I'm curious to learn why this might be. Is Beutlin a common German surname? Obviously neither name appears in my German-English dictionary because they are proper names. The English "bag" is given in Germa...


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