Gummersbach

German edit

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Gummersbach

Etymology edit

From Old High German Gummeresbracht, whose first element is the given name Gummar and whose second element is a common place name suffix (see German Wikipedia). The second element was altered under the influence of Bach (“stream, creek”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax/
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Hyphenation: Gum‧mers‧bach

Proper noun edit

Gummersbach n (proper noun, genitive Gummersbachs or (optionally with an article) Gummersbach)

A town, the administrative seat of Oberbergischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia