Paderborn
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Paderborn
- A city and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German Paderborn (at least since the 15th century), from Middle Low German Paderborn (at least since the 14th century), from Old Saxon.
Attested in Latin as Paderbrunnen, Paderbrunna, Padrabrun, Patresbrun (8th or 9th century, occurs in various annales, often about the Reichsversammlung of 777).
By surface analysis, Pader (river name) + Born (“spring, well, river source”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paderborn n (proper noun, genitive Paderborns or (optionally with an article) Paderborn)
- Paderborn (a city and rural district in eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Declension
Declension of Paderborn
Derived terms
- Paderborner
- paderbornisch, paderbornsch, paderbörnisch, paderbörnsch (preference varying somewhat by context)
Descendants
- → English: Paderborn