The above German word, according to Google Translate, means, "hull view." When I lop off the "sicht" portion, it offers no translation. Why? Is "rumpfan" itself not a word? Is it from where we get the expression, "poop hit the fan?"

BTW, what happened to Babelfish?

Babelfish (http://www.babelfish.com/) gives "View of the fuselage" for rumpfansicht. It doesn't try to translate rumpfan.

"Rumpf"is cognate with "rump" and "Ansicht" means "view" (cognate with "sight")

Was the "Rump Parliament" a bunch of bums?

It was used on a German model airplane plan, so "fuselage view" makes sense. But why, "rump?" An idiomatic usage?

This is probably a really stupid question, and if so, I apologize. However, it made me wonder if Rumpelstiltskin came from German.

However, it made me wonder if Rumpelstiltskin came from German.

FWIW.

Thanks, Z.

WRT my original puzzlement, I had thought I was seeing three, not two German words. It makes sense now that I understand it's just two words. That is, if I ignore the English, expression, harrrrrumpf!

Well, it is three morphemes: Rumpf + (an + sicht), While Sicht is related to English sight, the preposition/particle an is also related to English on.

Sorry - I guess I should have gone to Wikipedia. I did use Google translate, but it just gave the German word for it.