Württemberg
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Württemberg.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Württemberg
- A region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Württemberg”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Württemberg”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “württemberg”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Württemberg”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
German
Etymology
Named after the mountain Württemberg in Stuttgart-Rotenberg, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *Wirodūnon, composed of *wiros (“man”) and *dūnom (“fortress, hill”). This is also the source of the French city Verdun, Latinized as Medieval Latin Virodūnum in the middle ages.
Some prefer a derivation from the House of Württemberg in Luxembourg, but this could itself be from the Celtic name.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Württemberg n (proper noun, genitive Württembergs or (optionally with an article) Württemberg)
- An area in southwestern Germany
References
- Harald Schukraft: Kleine Geschichte des Hauses Württemberg. Tübingen 2006, S. 38.