: Ok, I'll bite: What does the above German phrase mean? Since you usually have the latin for "The Stars are Ours" is this the Version in German?

: Erin, who took Latin, but not German!

Erin,

I was beginning to wonder if I had stumbled on to the secret website of Latin Literates Anonymous -- you are the first person to comment on my tagline.

But to answer your question: No, it isn't. But close -- very close.

Keep in mind the rest of the message... the German sentence I used translates (idiomatically, depending on which dialect of German you happen to know) as "The stars will be mine!" Unconditional future imperative in an emphatic mode, with a missing initial article. Literally, it comes out "The Stars Shall Belong To Me!"

The German for "The Stars Are Ours" would be (if I remember correctly) "Die Sterne Sind Unsere." I would double-check, but I managed to bury all my German dictionaries and grammars this weekend in a foolish burst of Spring Cleaning (foolish in that I didn't really need to touch any of the books).

Respectfully,

Michael B. Caffrey
Stellae Nostrae Sunt!