Nehrung
German
editEtymology
editFrom East Prussian Middle High German nerge (“spit”), related with the adjective Proto-Germanic *narwaz, whence English narrow. If nerge is an early contraction, the word may have been derived with the Germanic suffix *-ingaz commonly used in placenames (compare German -ingen). If, however, the form Nehrung (16th c.) is a later alteration of nerge, it could be an old ablaut form or derived with the Germanic suffix *-į̄ (then orginally meaning “narrowness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editNehrung f (genitive Nehrung, plural Nehrungen)
- (geography) spit (long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea)
- Frische Nehrung ― Vistula spit
- Kurische Nehrung ― Curonian spit
Declension
editDeclension of Nehrung [feminine]
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editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- Nehrung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Nehrung” in Duden online
- “Nehrung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Nehrung” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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