Homberg

English

Proper noun

Homberg

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze).
  2. A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm).
  3. A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland.
  4. A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
  5. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
  6. A habitational surname transferred from the place name

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Limburg) Attested as Hogh Bergh in 1803-1820. Derived from a compound of hoog (high) and berg (hill, elevated place).
  • (Gelderland) Attested as de Homberg in 1865. Compound of a dative singular form of hoog (high) and berg (hill, elevated place).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔm.bɛrx/
  • Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n

  1. a hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
  2. a neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “homberg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German, equivalent to hohem Berg (dative, literally high mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔmbɛʁk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n (proper noun, genitive Hombergs or (optionally with an article) Homberg)

  1. a town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse; official name: Homberg (Efze)
  2. a town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse; official name: Homberg (Ohm)
  3. a municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
  4. a municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. a municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

Homberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hombergs or (with an article) Homberg, feminine genitive Homberg, plural Hombergs)

  1. a habitational surname transferred from the place name

Declension