Hildburghausen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Hilteburgehusin, from the personal name Hilteburg (literally “battle fortification”) (compare modern Hildburg, from Proto-West Germanic *hildi + *burg) + -hausen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪltbʊʁkˈhaʊ̯zn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: Hild‧burg‧hau‧sen

Proper noun

Hildburghausen n (proper noun, genitive Hildburghausens or (optionally with an article) Hildburghausen)

  1. a town and rural district of Thuringia

Declension

Declension of Hildburghausen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Hildburghausen
genitive des Hildburghausens, Hildburghausen1
dative dem Hildburghausen
accusative das Hildburghausen

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

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