Paderborn
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Paderborn
- A city and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German Paderborn (at least since the 15th century), from Middle Low German Paderborn (at least since the 14th century), from Old Saxon.
Attested in Latin as Paderbrunnen, Paderbrunna, Padrabrun, Patresbrun (8th or 9th century, occurs in various annales, often about the Reichsversammlung of 777).
By surface analysis, Pader (river name) + Born (“spring, well, river source”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌpa(ː)dərˈbɔrn/, [ˌpäːdɐˈbɔʁn], [ˌpädɐ-], [-ˈbɔɐ̯n], [-ˈbɔːn]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Pa‧der‧born
Proper noun edit
Paderborn n (proper noun, genitive Paderborns or (optionally with an article) Paderborn)
- Paderborn (a city and rural district in eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Declension edit
Declension of Paderborn [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms edit
- Paderborner
- paderbornisch, paderbornsch, paderbörnisch, paderbörnsch (preference varying somewhat by context)
Descendants edit
- → English: Paderborn