150 Popular German Cat Names for Your Cat

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The German people are always synonymous with restraint and efficacy, but who knew how lovely and descriptive their language is?

The authors Rainer Maria Rilke, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Hilde Domin speak German as well as legendary Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven.

As a pet lover, by assigning German cat names to your felines, you can translate this affection into German.

We have prepared this comprehensive list of all the interesting and adorable names to help you hunt.

First, let’s start with the German cat names or terms that refer to the animal.

The English language has a good number of fun names for cats such as feline, kitty, or pussycat. The German language is almost the same.

Let’s take a good look at some German cat names that mean CAT:

Kätzchen means kitten
Katze means cat
Mieze means kitty
Miezekatze means pussycat
Muschi means pussy
Stubentiger means housecat

German Cat Names that mean Colors

Do you want a German name that suits the hue of your feline best friend? Or maybe the English term Pink just doesn’t sound as good, because you have a favorite color.

The English equivalents here are the German equivalents:

Blau means blue
Braun means brown
Gelb means yellow
Grau means gray
Grün means green
Kupfer means Copper
Lila means purple
Rosa means pink
Rot means red
Schwarz means black
Silber means silver
Weiß means white

Beige is still the same beige in German. The same goes for gold, orange, and bronze.

If colors are not your thing, maybe you can consider naming your cat after popular German food? That is one fun way to name a cat.

You can try any of these options:

Bratwurst means a grilled sausage
Butterkäse means soft, buttery cheese
Currywurst means a staple meat dish cooked of pork sausage
Eintopf means just“one pot,” a type of tasty stew
Rouladen means a dish with beef and bacon
Sauerkraut means fermented cabbage
Schnitzel means a breaded cutlet
Spätzle means an egg noodle dish best served with lots of cheese

You can also call your cat Kartoffelpuffer if the only thing he does is lie down. That is the German word for potato pancake. Or call it Kartoffel Klosse which means potato dumpling if your cat is a fatty.

Although it is almost unimaginable to yell out that mouthful if your kitties have done naughty things.

How about sweets? Maybe you should name your fur friend after a delicious dessert that will make him sweeter.

Apfelkuchen means an apple cake
Bienenstich means a cake with honey and almonds
Brezel means a pretzel
Dampfnudel means a dumpling with vanilla sauce
Eiskaffee means German iced coffee
Käsekuchen means a cheesecake
Lebkuchen means gingerbread cookie
Stollen means a fruit cake
Streusel means a pastry with a crumbly topping
Zimststerne means a cookie with cinnamon

German Cat Names According to Places

Andernach means a place in Germany famed for cold water geysers
Berlin means the capital of the German-speaking country
Bremen means a city famed for its maritime trade
Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine, famous for its 12 Romanesque churches
Danube means for the river that originates in western Germany and flows through 9 other countries
Dortmund means a city in the North Rhine-Westphalia region known for its football team
Dresden means the capital of Saxony, which hosts the Zwinger Palace
Düsseldorf means a wealthy city known for its art and fashion industries
Essen means the central city of the Ruhr
Frankfurt means Germany’s financial and business center
Görlitz means a town with cobblestone floors and fantastic architecture
Hamburg means the second largest city in Germany
Insel Mainau means a flower island on Lake Constance
Mosel means a valley full of medieval villages and breathtaking castles
Munich means a metropolis city that is the capital of Bavaria and home to the annual Oktoberfest
Rhine means river running thru Lake Constance
Rothenburg means an imperial city that lies on the Romantic Road tourist route
Rügen means the largest of the German Baltic Islands
Stuttgart means a manufacturing hub home to Porsche and Mercedez-Benz
Triberg means the highest waterfall in Germany