Cloppenburg

German

Etymology

Named after a former local castle which was first attested in 1297 and destroyed in 1716.[1] Clopp cognate with Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔpənˌbʊʁk/, [ˈklɔpn̩ˌbʊʁk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Clop‧pen‧burg

Proper noun

Cloppenburg n (proper noun, genitive Cloppenburgs or (optionally with an article) Cloppenburg)

  1. Cloppenburg (a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Cloppenburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Cloppenburg
genitive des Cloppenburgs, Cloppenburg1
dative dem Cloppenburg
accusative das Cloppenburg

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Cloppenburg - Burgruine der Alten Cloppenburg, thuelsfelder-talsperre.de
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