Nordhausen

German edit

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Nordhausen (Begriffsklärung)

Etymology edit

From Old High German Nordhūsa, Nordhūse, Northūsun (literally “northern houses”). By surface analysis, Nord +‎ -hausen.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯zn̩/
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Hyphenation: Nord‧hau‧sen

Proper noun edit

Nordhausen n (proper noun, genitive Nordhausens or (optionally with an article) Nordhausen)

A town and rural district of Thuringia
Nordhouse (a commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)

Nordhausen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nordhausens or (with an article) Nordhausen, feminine genitive Nordhausen, plural Nordhausens or Nordhausen)

a surname