Homberg

English

Proper noun

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Homberg

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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

Related terms

• Homburg
• homburg

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 (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Homberg

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmbɛʁk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• 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

Declension of Homberg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Homberg
genitive	des	Hombergs, Homberg1
dative	dem	Homberg
accusative	das	Homberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Homberger
  • Hombergerin

Related terms

• Homburg, Hombach, Hohenburg, Heimbach
• Heinsberg, Amsberg, Reichenberg, Schwarzenberg, Steinberg

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

Declension of Homberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Homberg	(eine)	(die)	Homberg	(die)	Hombergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hombergs, Homberg1	(einer)	(der)	Homberg	(der)	Hombergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Homberg	(einer)	(der)	Homberg	(den)	Hombergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Homberg	(eine)	(die)	Homberg	(die)	Hombergs

¹With an article.