Böhmerwald

German

Etymology

From Böhme (“Bohemian”) +‎ -er- +‎ Wald (“forest”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbøːmɐˌvalt]

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• Rhymes: -alt
• Hyphenation: Böh‧mer‧wald

Proper noun

der Böhmerwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Böhmerwaldes or des Böhmerwalds)

1. Bohemian Forest (a mountain range in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany)

Declension

Declension of Böhmerwald [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Böhmerwald
genitive	des	Böhmerwaldes, Böhmerwalds
dative	dem	Böhmerwald, Böhmerwalde1
accusative	den	Böhmerwald

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Böhmerwäldler

Further reading

• “Böhmerwald” in Duden online
• “Böhmerwald” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon