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German
Etymology
From Old High German Gummeresbracht, whose first element is the given name Gummar and whose second element is a common place name suffix (see German Wikipedia). The second element was altered under the influence of Bach (“stream, creek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax/
- Hyphenation: Gum‧mers‧bach
Proper noun
Gummersbach n (proper noun, genitive Gummersbachs or (optionally with an article) Gummersbach)
- A town, the administrative seat of Oberbergischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia