Kensbarg

German Low German

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Proper noun

Kensbarg

  1. (Natangian Low Prussian) Königsberg (the historical capital of East Prussia, today in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia; modern Kaliningrad)
    • 1893, A. Boldt, Wie de Deppke schtodead, in: Ut’m Noatangsche: Volksthümliche Erzählungen in plattdeutscher Mundart, second edition, page 26:
      De Deppke wea bi de Grenadea ön Kensbarg all säwe Ioa on ömma noach Gemeena.
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Further reading

  • H. Frischbier, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und Westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge, volume 1 (A-K) (published in 1882 by Enslin in Berlin)
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