Mönchengladbach
English edit
Proper noun edit
Mönchengladbach
- A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Translations edit
city in North Rhine-Westphalia
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German edit
Alternative forms edit
- München-Gladbach, Mönchen-Gladbach (dated)
Etymology edit
Originally Monich Gladebach (1300), later Munche-Glaydebach (1348). Equivalent to Mönch (“monk”) + -en- + Gladbach.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mönchengladbach n (proper noun, genitive Mönchengladbachs or (optionally with an article) Mönchengladbach)
- An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Synonym: (informal) Gladbach
Declension edit
Declension of Mönchengladbach [sg-only, neuter, toponym]