Rotenburg
German
Etymology
Possibly from Rodung (“clearing”) or rot (“red”) in reference to the red bricks of Castle Rotenburg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁoːtn̩ˌbʊʁk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ro‧ten‧burg
Proper noun
Rotenburg n (proper noun, genitive Rotenburgs or (optionally with an article) Rotenburg)
- a town and rural district of Lower Saxony; official name: Rotenburg (Wümme)
- a town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hesse; official name: Rotenburg an der Fulda
Declension
Declension of Rotenburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
Related terms
Proper noun
Rotenburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rotenburgs or (with an article) Rotenburg, feminine genitive Rotenburg, plural Rotenburgs)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Rotenburg [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Rotenburg | (eine) | (die) | Rotenburg | (die) | Rotenburgs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Rotenburgs, Rotenburg1 | (einer) | (der) | Rotenburg | (der) | Rotenburgs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Rotenburg | (einer) | (der) | Rotenburg | (den) | Rotenburgs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Rotenburg | (eine) | (die) | Rotenburg | (die) | Rotenburgs |
1With an article.