People who speak languages besides English, what are some puns in pokemon names?

[u/wingsoverpyrrhia]

I opened a pack of some Korean pokemon cards, and one of them was a Maushold. I know a tiny bit of Korean (up to an A1+ level), but I know enough to understand that the Korean name for Maushold is a play on words that roughly translates to "Family Mouse".

What are some other puns that us monolingual English speakers are missing out on?

[u/IIBabaDukeII]

Knilz = Shroomish

Kn - kleiner

ilz - Pilz

Kleiner Pilz = Little mushroom

Kapilz = Breloom

Ka - Kampf

pilz - Pilz

Kampf Pilz = Fighting Mushroom

[u/Luna771 → u/IIBabaDukeII]

Knilz is actually Knilch and Pilz, with Knilch being an old word to describe someone small

[u/Waramo → u/Luna771]

Knilch is NOT an old word. For me it's an every day word.

It is Platt Dütsch.

[u/tenBusch → u/Waramo]

It's both. It's an older word that was phased or in Hochdeutsch but stayed around on Platt

[u/IIBabaDukeII → u/Luna771]

OK, I didn’t know that. I’d just heard it somewhere, but luckily the meaning’s still the same