Petershagen

German

Etymology

After the counter-castle Schloss Petershagen named in honour of biblical Saint Peter and combination of weakly inflected Hag (“fence, enclosure of bushes or walls”), as the hill it was erected upon, and chosen as a residence of the Bishop of Minden in 1305 or 1306, before which the locality was called Hockeleve, Hockeleven, Hockeln, first mentioned in 784 as Huculbi, Huculvi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːtɐsˈhaːɡŋ̍/
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  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ters‧ha‧gen

Proper noun

Petershagen n (proper noun, genitive Petershagens or (optionally with an article) Petershagen)

  1. A town and an eponymous municipality constituting the northeast corner of North Rhine-Westphalia, Minden-Lübbecke district, Germany

Declension

Declension of Petershagen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Petershagen
genitive des Petershagens, Petershagen1
dative dem Petershagen
accusative das Petershagen

1Optionally with an article.

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