Battenberg
See also: battenberg
English edit
Etymology edit
German Battenberg. The surname derives from the town in Hesse.
Proper noun edit
Battenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Battenbergs)
- (countable) A surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten.
- A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany.
- Synonym: (officially) Battenberg (Eder)
- 2017, Damien Trench, Miles Jupp, Egg and Soldiers: A Childhood Memoir[1], Hachette, →ISBN:
- Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there.
- A town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Synonym: (officially) Battenberg (Pfalz)
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Noun edit
Battenberg (plural Battenbergs)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
Battenberg family on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Battenberg (Eder) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Battenberg (Pfalz) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old High German Bettenberg, from Batto, a personal name from Proto-West Germanic *badu (“battle”) + berg (“mountain, hill”).[1] The surname derives from the town in Hesse.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Battenberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Battenbergs or (with an article) Battenberg, feminine genitive Battenberg, plural Battenbergs)
- a surname, Battenberg, transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Mountbatten
Proper noun edit
Battenberg n (proper noun, genitive Battenbergs or (optionally with an article) Battenberg)
- Battenberg (a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany)
- Battenberg (a town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Derived terms edit
- Battenberger
Descendants edit
- English: Battenberg
- → English: Mountbatten (partial calque)
- Greek: Μπάττενμπεργκ (Báttenmpergk)
- → Chinese: → 巴滕貝格／巴滕贝格 (Bāténgbèigé) (transliteration)