Bornholm

English

Etymology

From Danish Bornholm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹn.həʊm/

Proper noun

Bornholm

1. An island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea.

Derived terms

• Bornholm disease

Translations

Danish island in the Baltic Sea

• Danish: Bornholm (da) c
• Georgian: ბორნჰოლმი (bornholmi)
• German: Bornholm (de)
• Icelandic: Borgundarhólmur (is) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bornholm (no)

  Nynorsk: Bornholm

• Old English: Burgenda land n
• Old Norse: Burgundaholmr m
• Polish: Bornholm (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bornholm f
• Romanian: Bornholm
• Swedish: Bornholm (sv) c

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Burgundaholmr, a name meaning something like "high or mountainous hill/island," ultimately from or related to Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”) and *hulmaz (“hill, island”). Some believe the tribe name *bergundijô is derived from this place. More at Bornholm.

Proper noun

Bornholm c (genitive Bornholms)

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Bornholm. Named after a former farmhouse which was named in turn after the Danish island.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Born‧holm

Proper noun

Bornholm n

1. a neighbourhood of Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔʁnˈhɔlm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Born‧holm

Proper noun

Bornholm n (proper noun, genitive Bornholms or (optionally with an article) Bornholm)

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Declension

Declension of Bornholm [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bornholm
genitive	eines	des	Bornholms
dative	einem	dem	Bornholm
accusative	ein	das	Bornholm

Further reading

• Bornholm on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Bornholm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bornholm” in Duden online
• “Bornholm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bornholm

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bornholm

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Bornholm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrn.xɔlm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrnxɔlm
• Syllabification: Born‧holm

Proper noun

Bornholm m inan

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Declension

Declension of Bornholm

	singular
nominative	Bornholm
genitive	Bornholmu
dative	Bornholmowi
accusative	Bornholm
instrumental	Bornholmem
locative	Bornholmie
vocative	Bornholmie

Derived terms

adjective

• bornholmski

Further reading

• Bornholm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bornholm f

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Romanian

Proper noun

Bornholm ?

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)

Further reading

• Bornholm on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro

Swedish

Proper noun

Bornholm c (genitive Bornholms)

1. Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)