Korbach

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Partial calque of Old Saxon Curbecki, where beki (“brook”) is equivalent to German Bach and the element cur- is of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁbax/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kor‧bach

Proper noun

Korbach n (proper noun, genitive Korbachs or (optionally with an article) Korbach)

  1. a town, the administrative seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse

Declension

Declension of Korbach [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Korbach
genitive des Korbachs, Korbach1
dative dem Korbach
accusative das Korbach

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

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