Emmerich
English
editProper noun
editEmmerich (countable and uncountable, plural Emmerichs)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Berlin, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Dutch Embriki, Ambriki. Probably of pre-Germanic origin and perhaps identical with French Embry (Dutch Embreke). Sometimes grouped with hydronyms like Ammer, Amper (Bavaria), Emmer (Lower Saxony).
Proper noun
editEmmerich n (proper noun, genitive Emmerichs or (optionally with an article) Emmerich)
- A town in Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Official name: Emmerich am Rhein.
Etymology 2
editFrom a merger of two or three of the following Germanic names: 1.) *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic *amalaz (“vigor, bravery”), cognate with English Amery, Italian Amerigo; 2.) *Ermanarīks, from *ermanaz (“great, strong, whole”); 3.) *Haimarīks, from *haimaz (“home”), cognate with German Heinrich, English Henry. The second part in all cases is Proto-Germanic *rīks (“ruler”). Compare also Hungarian Emre.
Proper noun
editEmmerich m (proper noun, strong, genitive Emmerichs or (with an article) Emmerich)
- a male given name of rare usage, borne among others by an 11th-century Hungarian saint
Etymology 3
editMainly from the given name (etymology 2), less often from the town (etymology 1).[1]
Proper noun
editEmmerich m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Emmerichs or (with an article) Emmerich, plural Emmerichs or Emmerich)
- a surname of chiefly western German usage, more common than the given name
References
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- en:Places in the United States
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German terms derived from Old Dutch
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- de:Towns in Germany
- de:Places in North Rhine-Westphalia
- de:Places in Germany
- German terms derived from Germanic languages
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames