Terboven
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Etymology edit
From Middle Low German dâr bōven (literally “up there”), referring to a farmstead on a hill above a village.[1] The first syllable was altered through contraction and subsequent adaptation to Low German ter (“to the”) as in names like Terlinden. Compare the variants above.
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Proper noun edit
Terboven m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Terbovens or (with an article) Terboven, plural Terbovens or Terboven)
- a Westphalian surname, notably held by Josef Terboven (governor of German-occupied Norway)