Quickborn
See also: quickborn
German edit
Etymology edit
19th century, from Low German. Analysable as quick (“lively”) + Born (“well”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Quickborn m (strong, genitive Quickborns or Quickbornes, plural Quickborne)
- (poetic, rare) Synonym of Jungbrunnen
Declension edit
Declension of Quickborn [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Quickborn | die | Quickborne |
genitive | eines | des | Quickbornes, Quickborns | der | Quickborne |
dative | einem | dem | Quickborn, Quickborne1 | den | Quickbornen |
accusative | einen | den | Quickborn | die | Quickborne |
1Now rare, see notes.
Related terms edit
Proper noun edit
Quickborn n (proper noun, genitive Quickborns or (optionally with an article) Quickborn)
- A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Declension edit
Declension of Quickborn [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Further reading edit
- Quickborn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Quickborn” in Duden online
- “Quickborn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Quickborn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.