Fallingbostel
German
Etymology
From Old Saxon Vastulingebūrstalle, from Vastulinge (“descendants of Vastulo”) + būr (“dwelling”) + *stall (“position”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfalɪŋˈbɔstl̩/
- Hyphenation: Fal‧ling‧bos‧tel; pre-1996: Fal‧ling‧bo‧stel
Proper noun
Fallingbostel n (proper noun, genitive Fallingbostels or (optionally with an article) Fallingbostel)
- a former name of in Bad Fallingbostel, administrative seat of Heidekreis district, Lower Saxony; used until 2002