Gandersheim

German

Etymology

First attested as Gandeshemensis monasterii in the 9th century.[1]

From Gande (“Gande”) +‎ -s- +‎ Heim (“home”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡandɐsˌhaɪ̯m]
  • Hyphenation: Gan‧ders‧heim

Proper noun

Gandersheim n (proper noun, genitive Gandersheims or (optionally with an article) Gandersheim)

  1. The former name of Bad Gandersheim, a town in southern Lower Saxony

Declension

Declension of Gandersheim [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Gandersheim
genitive des Gandersheims, Gandersheim1
dative dem Gandersheim
accusative das Gandersheim

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Agii Vita et obitus Hathumodae, MGH, Hanover 1851
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