Cloppenburg

German

Etymology

Named after a former local castle which was first attested in 1297 and destroyed in 1716.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔpənˌbʊʁk/, [ˈklɔpn̩ˌbʊʁk]

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• Hyphenation: Clop‧pen‧burg

Proper noun

Cloppenburg n (proper noun, genitive Cloppenburgs or (optionally with an article) Cloppenburg)

1. Cloppenburg (a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Cloppenburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Cloppenburg
genitive	des	Cloppenburgs, Cloppenburg1
dative	dem	Cloppenburg
accusative	das	Cloppenburg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Cloppenburger
  • Cloppenburgerin

Related terms

• Coppenbrügge, Coppengrave, Kopenhagen
• Kranenburg, Papenburg, Waldenburg

Proper noun

Cloppenburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Cloppenburgs or (with an article) Cloppenburg, feminine genitive Cloppenburg, plural Cloppenburgs)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Coppenrath, Coppenstein
• Kranenburg, Papenburg, Waldenburg