Nordhorn

German edit

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Nordhorn

Etymology edit

From Old Saxon Norhthornon (literally “northern horn”); in Low German languages horn also refers to a pointed or wedge-shaped piece of land. By surface analysis, Nord (“north”) +‎ Horn (“horn”). See “Etymologie Nordhorns” at the German Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁthɔʁn/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Nord‧horn

Proper noun edit

Nordhorn n (proper noun, genitive Nordhorns or (optionally with an article) Nordhorn)

A town, the administrative seat of Grafschaft Bentheim district, Lower Saxony