Homberg
English
editProper noun
editHomberg
- A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
- A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
- A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
- A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- A habitational surname transferred from the place name
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
edit- (Limburg) Attested as Hogh Bergh in 1803-1820. Derived from a compound of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Gelderland) Attested as de Homberg in 1865. Compound of a dative singular form of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHomberg n
- A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
- A neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands
References
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German, equivalent to hohem Berg (dative, literally “high mountain”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHomberg n (proper noun, genitive Hombergs or (optionally with an article) Homberg)
- A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
- A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
- A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
- A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
Declension
editDeclension of Homberg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
editProper noun
editHomberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hombergs or (with an article) Homberg, feminine genitive Homberg, plural Hombergs)
- a habitational surname transferred from the place name
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Hesse
- en:Towns in Germany
- en:Places in Hesse
- en:Places in Germany
- en:Municipalities of Switzerland
- en:Places in Switzerland
- en:Municipalities of Germany
- en:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate
- English surnames
- English surnames from place names
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Neighbourhoods in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in Gelderland, Netherlands
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Towns in Hesse
- de:Towns in Germany
- de:Places in Hesse
- de:Places in Germany
- de:Municipalities of Switzerland
- de:Places in Switzerland
- de:Municipalities of Germany
- de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate
- German uncountable nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- German surnames from place names