Lüneburg
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Lüneburg, which see.
Proper noun
editLüneburg
- A town in Lower Saxony, formerly a prominent member of the Hanse, known for its salt production.
- A rural district of Lower Saxony
- A farming community of eDumbe local municipality, Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Translations
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German Lü̂neborch, from an Old Saxon name attested in Latinised form as Luniburc (mid-10th century). The Old Saxon is generally construed as *Hliuniburg, after an identified placename Hliuni that occurs in the annals of Charlemagne (ca. 800). This in turn is usually considered a derivative of hlēo (“hill, burial mound, dam, bastion, shelter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą. Compare the Westphalian placename Lünen. On the other hand, it seems clear that the similarity to the Polabian name of the town Glain, Glein, Chlein can hardly be coincidental. The Polabian might be from Germanic, but it has also been connected with Proto-Slavic *glina (“clay, loam”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLüneburg n (proper noun, genitive Lüneburgs or (optionally with an article) Lüneburg)
- Lüneburg (a town in Lower Saxony, Germany; official name: Hansestadt Lüneburg)
- A rural district of Lower Saxony
- A farming community of eDumbe local municipality, Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Derived terms
editDescendants
editProper noun
editLüneburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lüneburgs or (with an article) Lüneburg, feminine genitive Lüneburg, plural Lüneburgs)
- a surname transferred from the place name
Portuguese
editProper noun
editLüneburg f
- Alternative form of Luneburgo
- English terms borrowed from German
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- en:Towns in Germany
- en:Places in Lower Saxony
- en:Places in Germany
- en:Districts of Lower Saxony
- en:Villages in South Africa
- en:Places in South Africa
- German terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
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- German terms derived from Polabian
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- de:Towns in Lower Saxony
- de:Towns in Germany
- de:Places in Lower Saxony
- de:Places in Germany
- de:Districts of Lower Saxony
- de:Villages in South Africa
- de:Places in South Africa
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- German surnames
- German surnames from place names
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