Osnabrück

English

Etymology

From German Osnabrück, from Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase. Doublet of osnaburg.

Proper noun

Osnabrück

1. An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
2. A rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

Translations

city in Lower Saxony

• Dutch: Osnabrück, Osnabrugge, Osenbrugge
• Esperanto: Osnabruko
• German: Osnabrück (de) n, Osnabrick n (Volhynian German)
• German Low German: Ossenbrügge n
• Hebrew: אוסנבריק
• Lithuanian: Osnabriukas
• Russian: Оснабрю́к (ru) (Osnabrjúk)

German

Etymology

From Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase.

Pronunciation

• (Standard New High German) IPA^(key): /ˈɔsnaˌbʁʏk/

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• Hyphenation: Os‧na‧brück

Proper noun

Osnabrück n (proper noun, genitive Osnabrücks or (optionally with an article) Osnabrück)

1. Osnabrück (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)
2. A rural district of Lower Saxony, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

Derived terms

• Osnabrücker
• Osnabrückerin
• osnabrückisch