Bonn
English
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Etymology
Proper noun
Bonn
- A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine, which was the capital of the former West Germany.
- (metonymically, historical after 1990) The West German government.
Translations
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Central Franconian
Etymology
From Middle High German Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna. The Central Franconian form with /o/ (rather than /ɔ/) clearly continues the original Germanic -u-. See German Bonn for more.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bonn n
- Bonn (a city on the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Derived terms
Estonian
Proper noun
Bonn
- Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bonn f
- Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German Bonne, Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna, short for Castra Bonnensia. The Germanic form shows its very old age in the replacement of -o- with -u-, which then also failed to undergo a-mutation because of the following nasal geminate. The modern German -o- is per se a regular development (cf. Sonne, Wonne), but was likely reinforced by readaptation to the Latin.
Another theory has it related to the tribe Eburones. Folk etymology has proposed origin from dedication to Saint Boniface, but this is a crass anachronism. During the Middle Ages, Bonn was often called Verona in Latin texts.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bonn n (proper noun, genitive Bonns or (optionally with an article) Bonn)
- Bonn (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; historical capital of West Germany)
Derived terms
References
- ^ François Savatier « Bonn la romaine » dans Pour la Science (2006) no 350, p. 22.
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bonn
- Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Declension
| Inflection of Bonn | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Bonn | — |
| accusative | Bonnt | — |
| dative | Bonn-nak | — |
| instrumental | Bonn-nal | — |
| causal-final | Bonnért | — |
| translative | Bonn-ná | — |
| terminative | Bonnig | — |
| essive-formal | Bonnként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Bonnban | — |
| superessive | Bonnon | — |
| adessive | Bonn-nál | — |
| illative | Bonnba | — |
| sublative | Bonnra | — |
| allative | Bonnhoz | — |
| elative | Bonnból | — |
| delative | Bonnról | — |
| ablative | Bonntól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Bonné | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Bonnéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Bonn | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Bonnom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Bonnod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Bonnja | — |
| 1st person plural | Bonnunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Bonnotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Bonnjuk | — |
Derived terms
Portuguese
Proper noun
Bonn f
- Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Synonym: Bona