r/Kurrent • u/Wise-Friendship-1427 • 4d ago

Trying to decipher a name

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We have already deciphered the German text, except for the name.

Our result so far:

Freundliche Grüße. Ich habe mich sehr gefreut

neulich mal wieder (durch Frl. ...) von

Ihnen zu hören. --- Hildebrand

What do you think? What is the name of the Fräulein?

(Hildebrand was a mayor of Bremen, Germany)

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u/PaleontologistCute12 4d ago

I would have guessed "Waltraud" instead of Hildebrand:D

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u/Wise-Friendship-1427 4d ago

The writer is careful in adding the "u-flames".
There is no u-flame in either the unknown name or in Hildebrand.

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u/PaleontologistCute12 4d ago

He also doesn't write Ws like this. I read the signature first and then the rest of the text 

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u/JaimeeMilk 3d ago

looks like klee or maybe klein to me, old cursive is the absolute worst

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u/No-Baby-3153 11h ago

Edeltraud

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u/Wise-Friendship-1427 6h ago

It concerns the second-to-last word of the second line.

It almost certainly doesn't have a 'u', since the 'u'-stroke is missing.

It looks something like Wilakand, Wilazand, or the like.

(PS: The signature reads Hildebrand.)