Dünkirchen
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Dutch Duinkerke or its Middle Dutch predecessor. Analysable as Düne (“dune”) + -kirchen (“-church”). The component -kirchen is a loan translation; the component Dün- may be as well, but it may merely represent the Middle Dutch and still dialectal pronunciation of Dutch -ui- as /yː/.
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editProper noun
editDünkirchen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Dünkirchens)