Lauenburg

English

Etymology

From German Lauenburg, which see for details.

Proper noun

Lauenburg

1. A city in Schleswig-Holstein which served as a waypoint on the Old Salt Route and is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; its surrounding lands.
   • 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

2. A city in Pomerania: Former name of Lębork.

Translations

city in Schleswig-Holstein

• Danish: Lauenborg
• German: Lauenburg (de)
• Latin: Lauenburgum
• Low German:

  German Low German: Loonborg, Laueborg

• Russian: Лауэнбург (ru) (Lauenburg)

city in Pomerania

• Danish: Lauenburg
• German: Lauenburg (de)
• Kashubian: Lãbòrg, Lãbórch, Łebno
• Latin: Leoburgum
• Polish: Lębork (pl) m
• Russian: Лемборк (Lembork); Лауэнбург (ru) (Lauenburg) (historical)

Anagrams

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German

Etymology

Equivalent to Löwe (“lion”) +‎ Burg (“castle”). However, in the case of both towns the first element is a Germanisation of a Slavic element:

• (Schleswig-Holstein): From Middle Low German Lowenborch. First element from Polabian Lave (“the River Elbe”).
• (Pomerania): From Middle Low German Lewenborch, Middle High German Lewinburg. First element from the river Łeba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk/, (northern also) /-ˌbʊʁç/

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Proper noun

Lauenburg n (proper noun, genitive Lauenburgs or (optionally with an article) Lauenburg)

1. Lauenburg (a town in Schleswig-Holstein; official name: Lauenburg/Elbe)
2. Lębork (a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; official name: Lauenburg in Pommern)

Proper noun

die Lauenburg f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lauenburg)

1. Name of several castles in Germany.