Homberg

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English

Proper noun

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Homberg

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
  2. A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
  3. A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
  4. A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
  6. A habitational surname transferred from the place name

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Limburg) Attested as Hogh Bergh in 1803-1820. Derived from a compound of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
  • (Gelderland) Attested as de Homberg in 1865. Compound of a dative singular form of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔm.bɛrx/
  • Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n

  1. A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
  2. A neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “homberg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German, equivalent to hohem Berg (dative, literally “high mountain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔmbɛʁk/
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  • Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n (proper noun, genitive Hombergs or (optionally with an article) Homberg)

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
  2. A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
  3. A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
  4. A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate

Declension

Declension of Homberg
singular
def. noun
nominative das Homberg
genitive des Hombergs, Homberg1
dative dem Homberg
accusative das Homberg

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Homberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hombergs or (with an article) Homberg, feminine genitive Homberg, plural Hombergs)

  1. a habitational surname transferred from the place name
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