Quickborn

See also: quickborn

German

Etymology

19th century, from Low German. Analysable as quick (“lively”) +‎ Born (“well”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɪkˌbɔʁn/, [ˈkʋɪkˌbɔʁn], [-bɔɐ̯n], [-bɔːn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Quick‧born

Noun

Quickborn m (strong, genitive Quickborns or Quickbornes, plural Quickborne)

  1. (poetic, rare) synonym of Jungbrunnen

Declension

Declension of Quickborn [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Quickborn die Quickborne
genitive eines des Quickbornes, Quickborns der Quickborne
dative einem dem Quickborn, Quickborne1 den Quickbornen
accusative einen den Quickborn die Quickborne

1Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Quickborn n (proper noun, genitive Quickborns or (optionally with an article) Quickborn)

  1. a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Declension

Declension of Quickborn [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Quickborn
genitive des Quickborns, Quickborn1
dative dem Quickborn
accusative das Quickborn

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

  • Quickborner
    • Quickbornerin

Further reading

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