Quickborn

See also: quickborn

German

Etymology

19th century, from Low German. Analysable as quick (“lively”) +‎ Born (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɪkˌbɔʁn/, [ˈkʋɪkˌbɔʁn], [-bɔɐ̯n], [-bɔːn]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Quickborn m (strong, genitive Quickborns or Quickbornes, plural Quickborne)

1. (poetic, rare) Synonym of Jungbrunnen

Declension

Declension of Quickborn [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Quickborn	die	Quickborne
genitive	eines	des	Quickbornes, Quickborns	der	Quickborne
dative	einem	dem	Quickborn, Quickborne1	den	Quickbornen
accusative	einen	den	Quickborn	die	Quickborne

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• erquicken, quicklebendig, Quecksilber, keck

Proper noun

Quickborn n (proper noun, genitive Quickborns or (optionally with an article) Quickborn)

1. A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Declension

Declension of Quickborn [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Quickborn
genitive	des	Quickborns, Quickborn1
dative	dem	Quickborn
accusative	das	Quickborn

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• Quickborn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Quickborn” in Duden online
• “Quickborn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Quickborn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.