Merseburg

German

Etymology

First attested in the Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis around 880/899 as Mersiburc civitas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁzəˌbʊʁk/
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  • Hyphenation: Mer‧se‧burg

Proper noun

Merseburg n (proper noun, genitive Merseburgs or (optionally with an article) Merseburg)

  1. a town, the administrative seat of Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Derived terms