Nehrung

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German

Etymology

From East Prussian Middle High German nerge (“spit”), related with the adjective Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz, whence English narrow.

If nerge is an early contraction, the word may have been derived with the Germanic suffix *-ingaz commonly used in placenames (compare German -ingen). If, however, the form Nehrung (16th c.) is a later alteration of nerge, it could be an old ablaut form or derived with the Germanic suffix *-į̄ (then orginally meaning “narrowness”). Also compare Narbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneːʁʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Neh‧rung

Noun

Nehrung f (genitive Nehrung, plural Nehrungen)

  1. (geography) spit (long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea)
    Frische Nehrung ― Vistula spit
    Kurische Nehrung ― Curonian spit

Declension

Declension of Nehrung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Nehrung die Nehrungen
genitive einer der Nehrung der Nehrungen
dative einer der Nehrung den Nehrungen
accusative eine die Nehrung die Nehrungen

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