Alle

de-proper noun

die Alle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Alle)

die Alle (canonical feminine)
der Alle (definite genitive)

Derived from Old Prussian Alna, from alna (“to flow”).

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#English

Łyna (a river in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Thorn

Thorn n (proper noun, genitive Thorns or (optionally with an article) Thorn)

Thorns (genitive)
Thorn (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Thorun, from Latin Thorun (see also Thorunenses) (1251).


Sonntag

Sonntag n (proper noun, genitive Sonntags or (optionally with an article) Sonntag)

Sonntags (genitive)
Sonntag (genitive with-article)

northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial

From Middle High German sunne(n)tac, sun(n)tac, from Old High German sunnūntag (9th c.), from late Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag (“day of the sun”), a calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (4th c.). Compare Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, English Sunday, Danish søndag.

inh

(historical) Zyndaki (a village in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Oder

de-proper noun

die Oder f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Oder)

die Oder (canonical feminine)
der Oder (definite genitive)

From or related to Medieval Latin Oddara, said by Udolph to be from Illyrian *Adra (“water vein”), related to Avestan 𐬀𐬛𐬎 (adu, “watercourse”), Thracian urda (“stream”), which could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”), which would make it a doublet of Ader (“vein, blood vessel”). Folk etymology connected it to Polish drzeć (“to rend, penetrate, tear”) as in "break through to the sea."

cog

Oder (a major river in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany)


Krakau

de-proper noun

Krakau n (proper noun, genitive Krakaus or (optionally with an article) Krakau)

Krakaus (genitive)
Krakau (genitive with-article)

→ Dutch: Krakau

→ Icelandic: Kraká

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

Cracow, Krakow (the capital city of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland and former capital of Poland)


Warschau

Warschau n (proper noun, genitive Warschaus or (optionally with an article) Warschau)

Warschaus (genitive)
Warschau (genitive with-article)

→ Dutch: Warschau
→ Afrikaans: Warschau

→ Icelandic: Varsjá

→ Luxembourgish: Warschau


Danzig

Danzig n (proper noun, genitive Danzigs or (optionally with an article) Danzig)

Danzigs (genitive)
Danzig (genitive with-article)

Cp. Danzke (at least 15th century), Dantzke (at least 16th century). Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Gdańsk. For the -zig suffix, compare Leipzig (< Lipsk).

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Fuchsschwanz

de-noun

Fuchsschwanz m (strong, genitive Fuchsschwanzes, plural Fuchsschwänze)

Fuchsschwanzes (genitive)
Fuchsschwänze (plural)
Fuchsschwanz (nominative singular)
Fuchsschwänze (definite nominative plural)
Fuchsschwanzes (genitive singular)
Fuchsschwänze (definite genitive plural)
Fuchsschwanz (dative singular)
Fuchsschwanze (dative singular)
Fuchsschwänzen (dative definite plural)
Fuchsschwanz (accusative singular)
Fuchsschwänze (accusative definite plural)

Danish: fukssvans

Swedish: fogsvans

From Middle High German vuhsswanz, from Middle Low German vosswanz. By surface analysis, Fuchs (“fox”) + Schwanz (“tail”).


Görlitz

de-proper noun

Görlitz n (proper noun, genitive Görlitz' or (with an article) Görlitz)

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Zgorzelec (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Auschwitz

Auschwitz n (proper noun, genitive Auschwitz' or (with an article) Auschwitz)

Auschwitz' (genitive)
Auschwitz (genitive)

[ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s]

[ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s]

(slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


Lublin

Lublin n (proper noun, genitive Lublins or (optionally with an article) Lublin)

Lublins (genitive)
Lublin (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Polish Lublin. Final stress after German placenames in -in (like Berlin, Schwerin, Templin). The same syllable is also stressed in Polish inflected forms.


Zabrze

Zabrze n (proper noun, genitive Zabrzes or (optionally with an article) Zabrze)

Zabrzes (genitive)
Zabrze (genitive with-article)

From Polish Zabrze. Although the town was Prussian since 1742, the spelling of its name was never Germanized (as e.g. in Kattowitz or Schwientochlowitz). In 1915 it was renamed to Hindenburg, however, a name it held until 1945.

Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship#English

A city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Lodz

de-noun

Lodz n (strong, genitive Lodzs or Lodz' or (with an article) Lodz, no plural)

Lodzs (genitive)
Lodz' (genitive)
Lodz (genitive)

Łódź

with Polish diacritics; learned or official


Schlesien

de-proper noun

Schlesien n (proper noun, genitive Schlesiens or (optionally with an article) Schlesien, plural (uncommon) Schlesien)

Schlesiens (genitive)
Schlesien (genitive with-article)
Schlesien (plural uncommon)

Uncertain
* Possibly related to the Germanic Silingi tribe, whose name derives from Ancient Greek Σιλίγγαι (Silíngai), itself possibly from Silesian for "swampy place."
* Or, from Old Polish ślęg, śląg, themselves cognate with the same Silesian source and meaning "dampness, humidity, moisture." More at Ślęża and Silesia.
The name occurs at least since the 16th century, where it's also Slesien, from Slesien (15th century), earlier Slezien (13th century).
In the 16th century, the name of this region also occurs as Schlesy f as in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (which has Presla and later Preßla for the capital Breslau) and as Schlesi f, this from Slesy f, Slesi f (15th century).

Silesia (a region of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic)

Österreichisch-Schlesien

Oesterreichisch-Schlesien, Oesterreichisch Schlesien, österreichisch Schlesien


Weichsel

die Weichsel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Weichsel)

die Weichsel (canonical feminine)
der Weichsel (definite genitive)

16th century, from Middle Low German Wissel, from Proto-Slavic *Visъla. The form is probably due to analogy: as wissel(-bēre) is also the Low German form of the fruit in etymology 2 below, the river name was adapted to High German accordingly.

Vistula (the longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)


Masuren

Masuren n (proper noun, genitive Masurens or (optionally with an article) Masuren)

Masurens (genitive)
Masuren (genitive with-article)

Masuria (an area in northeastern Poland)


Stettin

Stettin n (proper noun, genitive Stettins or (optionally with an article) Stettin)

Stettins (genitive)
Stettin (genitive with-article)

Stettin, Szczecin (a city in West Pomerania voivodeship, Poland)


Pommern

Pommern n (proper noun, genitive Pommerns or (optionally with an article) Pommern)

Pommerns (genitive)
Pommern (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Pom(m)ern, from Middle Low German Pommer(e)n, Pomer(e)n, from Polabian [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *pomořane (“coast-dwellers”), derived from Proto-Slavic *po moři (“by the sea”). Originally referred collectively to the population (see Pommer) and then became a geographical term (as with many other German placenames in -(e)n). Cognate with Polish Pomorzanie, Pomorze.

Pomerania (a region of Germany and Poland, on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea)


Posen

Posen n (proper noun, genitive Posens or (optionally with an article) Posen)

Posens (genitive)
Posen (genitive with-article)

Poznan (a city in Greater Poland, Poland)


Breslau

Breslau n (proper noun, genitive Breslaus or (optionally with an article) Breslau)

Breslaus (genitive)
Breslau (genitive with-article)

Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Wrocław.

Wrocław, Breslau (a city in the Lower Silesia, Poland)


Waldenburg

Waldenburg n (proper noun, genitive Waldenburgs or (optionally with an article) Waldenburg)

Waldenburgs (genitive)
Waldenburg (genitive with-article)
Waldenburg (definite nominative singular)
Waldenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Waldenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Waldenburg (dative definite singular)
Waldenburg (accusative definite singular)

Wałbrzych (a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)


Neustadt

Neustadt n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts or (optionally with an article) Neustadt)

Neustadts (genitive)
Neustadt (genitive with-article)
Neustadt (definite nominative singular)
Neustadts (definite genitive singular)
Neustadt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neustadt (dative definite singular)
Neustadt (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Stadt (“city, town”).

surf

Nowe Miasto nad Wartą
Nowe Miasto nad Wartą#English

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

Neustadt an der Warthe
Neustadt an der Warthe#German

(historical) Nowe Miasto nad Wartą (a village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neustadt an der Warthe)

Neustadt in Westpreußen
Neustadt in Westpreußen#German

(historical) Wejherowo (a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neustadt in Westpreußen)

Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship#English

Neustadt in Oberschlesien
Neustadt in Oberschlesien#German

(historical) Prudnik (a town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neustadt in Oberschlesien)


Staren

de-proper noun

Staren n (proper noun, genitive Starens or (optionally with an article) Staren)

Starens (genitive)
Staren (genitive with-article)
Staren (definite nominative singular)
Starens (definite genitive singular)
Staren (definite genitive singular with-article)
Staren (dative definite singular)
Staren (accusative definite singular)

Stare (a village in the Gmina of Wysoka, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


Hitlersee

Hitlersee m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hitlersees)

Renamed, in 1934, after the German chancellor Adolf Hitler.

(historical) the former name, from 1934 to 1945, of Szczedrzyk, a village in Poland


Arklitten

Arklitten n (proper noun, genitive Arklittens or (optionally with an article) Arklitten)

Arklittens (genitive)
Arklitten (genitive with-article)

From the earlier form Arkeliten (attested in 1359), Erkeliten (1401), from Old Prussian. (Folk etymology connects the name to the fact that the place had arg gelitten (“suffered terribly”) during the Swedish chapter of the Thirty Years' War.)


Arys

Arys n (proper noun, genitive Arys' or (with an article) Arys)


Sczedrzik

Sczedrzik n (proper noun, genitive Sczedrziks or (optionally with an article) Sczedrzik)

Sczedrziks (genitive)
Sczedrzik (genitive with-article)
Sczedrzik (definite nominative singular)
Sczedrziks (definite genitive singular)
Sczedrzik (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sczedrzik (dative definite singular)
Sczedrzik (accusative definite singular)

Niederlassungen: […] Fleck in Brandenburg, Moritz in Biesenthal, Ludwig in Grünberg, Heilmann in Marklissa, Reuter in Woliersheim, Jany in Sczedrzik bei Malapane, Bujakowsky in Rosenberg (O.-Schl.), […]

1859, Alexander Göschen, Deutsche Klinik, volume 11, page 254:

Sczedrzik, Szczedrzyk (a village in Poland)


Kumilsko

Kumilsko n (proper noun, genitive Kumilskos or (optionally with an article) Kumilsko)

Kumilskos (genitive)
Kumilsko (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Old Prussian [Term?]; for more, see Polish Kumielsk.


Radaune

die Radaune f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Radaune)

die Radaune (canonical feminine)
der Radaune (definite genitive)

Borrowed from Old Prussian [Term?]; compare Latvian rauds (“red”).

Radunia (a small river in Kashubia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Lauenburg

Lauenburg n (proper noun, genitive Lauenburgs or (optionally with an article) Lauenburg)

Lauenburgs (genitive)
Lauenburg (genitive with-article)

/ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk/

Equivalent to Löwe (“lion”) + Burg (“castle”). However, in the case of both towns the first element is a Germanisation of a Slavic element:
* (Schleswig-Holstein): From Middle Low German Lowenborch. First element from Polabian Lave (“the River Elbe”).
* (Pomerania): From Middle Low German Lewenborch, Middle High German Lewinburg. First element from the river Łeba.

Lauenburg in Pommern
Lauenburg in Pommern#English

Lębork (a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; official name: Lauenburg in Pommern)


Neudorf

Neudorf n (proper noun, genitive Neudorfs or (optionally with an article) Neudorf)

Neudorfs (genitive)
Neudorf (genitive with-article)
Neudorf (definite nominative singular)
Neudorfs (definite genitive singular)
Neudorf (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neudorf (dative definite singular)
Neudorf (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Dorf (“village”).

surf

Nowa Wieś Prudnicka
w:Nowa Wieś Prudnicka

Nowa Wieś Prudnicka (a village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neudorf (Zülz),)

Nowa Wieś, Działdowo County
w:Nowa Wieś, Działdowo County

Neudorf, Kreis Neidenburg
Neudorf, Kreis Neidenburg#German

(historical) Nowa Wieś, Działdowo County (a village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neudorf, Kreis Neidenburg)

Nowa Wieś Ostródzka
w:Nowa Wieś Ostródzka

Neudorf, Kreis Osterode
Neudorf, Kreis Osterode#German

(historical) Nowa Wieś Ostródzka (a village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neudorf, Kreis Osterode)


Raków

de-proper noun

Raków n (proper noun, genitive Rakóws or (optionally with an article) Raków)

Rakóws (genitive)
Raków (genitive with-article)
Raków (definite nominative singular)
Rakóws (definite genitive singular)
Raków (definite genitive singular with-article)
Raków (dative definite singular)
Raków (accusative definite singular)

Raków (village and former town in Poland, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC)


Eisenberg

Eisenberg n (proper noun, genitive Eisenbergs or (optionally with an article) Eisenberg)

Eisenbergs (genitive)
Eisenberg (genitive with-article)
Eisenberg (definite nominative singular)
Eisenbergs (definite genitive singular)
Eisenberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Eisenberg (dative definite singular)
Eisenberg (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, Eisen (“iron”) + Berg (“mountain”)

surf

Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship#English

(historical) Rudawica (a village in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Żelazna Góra (a village in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)

(historical) Żeleźnik (a village in Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Bromberg

de-proper noun

Bromberg n (proper noun, genitive Brombergs or (optionally with an article) Bromberg)

Brombergs (genitive)
Bromberg (genitive with-article)

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Bydgoszcz (a city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Fischbach

Fischbach n (proper noun, genitive Fischbachs or (optionally with an article) Fischbach)

Fischbachs (genitive)
Fischbach (genitive with-article)
Fischbach (definite nominative singular)
Fischbachs (definite genitive singular)
Fischbach (definite genitive singular with-article)
Fischbach (dative definite singular)
Fischbach (accusative definite singular)

From Fisch + Bach: "fish creek" or "fishing stream".

Gmina Mysłakowice
Gmina Mysłakowice#English

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Karpniki (a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Rega

Rega (genitive)
Rega (nominative singular)
Rega (genitive singular)
Rega (dative singular)
Rega (accusative singular)


Treptow

Treptow n (proper noun, genitive Treptows or (optionally with an article) Treptow)

Treptows (genitive)
Treptow (genitive with-article)
Treptow (definite nominative singular)
Treptows (definite genitive singular)
Treptow (definite genitive singular with-article)
Treptow (dative definite singular)
Treptow (accusative definite singular)

→ English: Treptow

West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Trzebiatów (a village in the Gmina of Stargard, Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Hirschberg

Hirschberg n (proper noun, genitive Hirschbergs or (optionally with an article) Hirschberg)

Hirschbergs (genitive)
Hirschberg (genitive with-article)
Hirschberg (definite nominative singular)
Hirschbergs (definite genitive singular)
Hirschberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Hirschberg (dative definite singular)
Hirschberg (accusative definite singular)

[ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]

Jelenia Góra (a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)


Galizien

Galizien n (proper noun, genitive Galiziens or (optionally with an article) Galizien)

Galiziens (genitive)
Galizien (genitive with-article)

Galicia (a region in Eastern Europe, in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine)


Martinsberg

Martinsberg n (proper noun, genitive Martinsbergs or (optionally with an article) Martinsberg)

Martinsbergs (genitive)
Martinsberg (genitive with-article)

(historical) Martinsberg (a village in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Seibersdorf

Seibersdorf n (proper noun, genitive Seibersdorfs or (optionally with an article) Seibersdorf)

Seibersdorfs (genitive)
Seibersdorf (genitive with-article)

Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Zebrzydowice (a village in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Waldhausen

Waldhausen n (proper noun, genitive Waldhausens or (optionally with an article) Waldhausen)

Waldhausens (genitive)
Waldhausen (genitive with-article)
Waldhausen (definite nominative singular)
Waldhausens (definite genitive singular)
Waldhausen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Waldhausen (dative definite singular)
Waldhausen (accusative definite singular)

(historical) Boże Małe (a village in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Schwarzenau

Schwarzenau n (proper noun, genitive Schwarzenaus or (optionally with an article) Schwarzenau)

Schwarzenaus (genitive)
Schwarzenau (genitive with-article)
Schwarzenau (definite nominative singular)
Schwarzenaus (definite genitive singular)
Schwarzenau (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schwarzenau (dative definite singular)
Schwarzenau (accusative definite singular)

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

(historical) Czerniejewo (a town and gmina in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


Tuchel

Tuchel n (proper noun, genitive Tuchels or (optionally with an article) Tuchel)

Tuchels (genitive)
Tuchel (genitive with-article)
Tuchel (definite nominative singular)
Tuchels (definite genitive singular)
Tuchel (definite genitive singular with-article)
Tuchel (dative definite singular)
Tuchel (accusative definite singular)

Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
w:Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship

(historical) Tuchola (a town in Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Annaberg

Annaberg n (proper noun, genitive Annabergs or (optionally with an article) Annaberg)

Annabergs (genitive)
Annaberg (genitive with-article)
Annaberg (definite nominative singular)
Annabergs (definite genitive singular)
Annaberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Annaberg (dative definite singular)
Annaberg (accusative definite singular)

(historical) Chałupki (a village in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Gabersdorf

Gabersdorf n (proper noun, genitive Gabersdorfs or (optionally with an article) Gabersdorf)

Gabersdorfs (genitive)
Gabersdorf (genitive with-article)

(historical) Wojbórz (a village in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Holzkirch

Holzkirch n (proper noun, genitive Holzkirchs or (optionally with an article) Holzkirch)

Holzkirchs (genitive)
Holzkirch (genitive with-article)

(historical) Kościelnik (a village in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Stargard

Stargard n (proper noun, genitive Stargards or (optionally with an article) Stargard)

Stargards (genitive)
Stargard (genitive with-article)

[ˈʃtaː(ɐ̯)ˌɡaʁt]

From Middle Low German, from Polabian, from Proto-Slavic *starъ (“old”) + *gordъ (“town”).

A town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.


Swinemünde

Swinemünde n (proper noun, genitive Swinemündes or (optionally with an article) Swinemünde)

Swinemündes (genitive)
Swinemünde (genitive with-article)
Swinemünde (definite nominative singular)
Swinemündes (definite genitive singular)
Swinemünde (definite genitive singular with-article)
Swinemünde (dative definite singular)
Swinemünde (accusative definite singular)

→ Polish: Świnoujście (calque)

Latin: Suenemundum

From Swine (the city river) + Mund (“mouth”) + -e, similarly to German Low German Swienemünn.

af

A city in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, formerly part of Germany. Polish name: Świnoujście


Tschenstochau

de-proper noun

Tschenstochau n (proper noun, genitive Tschenstochaus or (optionally with an article) Tschenstochau)

Tschenstochaus (genitive)
Tschenstochau (genitive with-article)

Częstochowa (a city in the Silesia, Poland)


Trachtenberg

Trachtenberg n (proper noun, genitive Trachtenbergs or (optionally with an article) Trachtenberg)

Trachtenbergs (genitive)
Trachtenberg (genitive with-article)

The surname derives from the town of Trachenberg (Żmigród) in Silesia

Zmigrod: Alternative form of Trachenberg; A town in Lower Silesia, Silesia, Poland


Königshütte

Königshütte n (proper noun, strong, genitive Königshüttes)


Westerplatte

de-prop

Westerplatte f (proper noun, genitive Westerplatte)

Westerplatte (genitive)
Westerplatte (nominative singular)
Westerplatte (genitive singular)
Westerplatte (dative singular)
Westerplatte (accusative singular)

→ Polish: Westerplatte

Westerplatte (a peninsula in Gdańsk, Poland)


Seelow

de-proper noun

Seelow n (proper noun, genitive Seelows or (optionally with an article) Seelow)

Seelows (genitive)
Seelow (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Zelou, Zelov, a Slavic name probably derived from Proto-Slavic *zelьje (“vegetation, herbs”) (compare Polabian ziľă (“grass”) and Lower Sorbian zele (“herb”)).

der

(dated) Żelewo (a village in Stare Czarnowo district, Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland).


Schwandorf

de-proper noun

Schwandorf n (proper noun, genitive Schwandorfs or (optionally with an article) Schwandorf)

Schwandorfs (genitive)
Schwandorf (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Suainicondorf, where the second element is dorf (“village”) (modern Dorf) and the first is apparently of Slavic origin. The association with Schwan (“swan”) is considered a folk etymology.

Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship#English

(historical) Zwanowice (a village in Otmuchów district, Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland)


Oppeln

Oppeln n (proper noun, genitive Oppelns or (optionally with an article) Oppeln)

Oppelns (genitive)
Oppeln (genitive with-article)


Allenstein

Allenstein n (proper noun, genitive Allensteins or (optionally with an article) Allenstein)

Allensteins (genitive)
Allenstein (genitive with-article)

From earlier Allensteyn, from the river Alle, ultimately likely from alna (“to flow”).

Olsztyn (a city in Warmia, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Ermland

Ermland n (proper noun, genitive Ermlands or (optionally with an article) Ermland)

Ermlands (genitive)
Ermland (genitive with-article)
Ermland (definite nominative singular)
Ermlands (definite genitive singular)
Ermland (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ermland (dative definite singular)
Ermland (accusative definite singular)

Supposedly from the female given name Erma or Ermia. Compound term Erma (“female given name”) + land (“land”).

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Warmia (a region of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Riesengebirge

de-proper noun

Riesengebirge n (proper noun, genitive Riesengebirges or (optionally with an article) Riesengebirge)

Riesengebirges (genitive)
Riesengebirge (genitive with-article)

/ˈʁiːzn̩ɡəˌbɪʁɡə/

Giant Mountains (mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland)


Gdingen

Gdingen n (proper noun, genitive Gdingens or (optionally with an article) Gdingen)

Gdingens (genitive)
Gdingen (genitive with-article)


Treptow an der Rega

Treptow an der Rega n (proper noun, genitive Treptows an der Rega or (optionally with an article) Treptow an der Rega)

Treptows an der Rega (genitive)
Treptow an der Rega (genitive with-article)
Treptow an der Rega (definite nominative singular)
Treptows an der Rega (definite genitive singular)
Treptow an der Rega (definite genitive singular with-article)
Treptow an der Rega (dative definite singular)
Treptow an der Rega (accusative definite singular)

Trzebiatów (a town in Trzebiatów, Gryfice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Möhlten

Möhlten n (proper noun, genitive Möhltens or (optionally with an article) Möhlten)

Möhltens (genitive)
Möhlten (genitive with-article)
Möhlten (definite nominative singular)
Möhltens (definite genitive singular)
Möhlten (definite genitive singular with-article)
Möhlten (dative definite singular)
Möhlten (accusative definite singular)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Möhlten.

Gorzuchów (a village in the gmina and county of Kłodzko, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, southwestern Poland)


Nimptsch

Nimptsch n (proper noun, genitive Nimptschs or (optionally with an article) Nimptsch)

Nimptschs (genitive)
Nimptsch (genitive with-article)

Derived from the Slavic word for “German” (Proto-Slavic *němьcь, *němьčьskъ). As a name borne by Germans it usually reflects two consecutive acculturations (first German > Slavic, then vice versa), which attests to the fact that both the Slavic western colonisation (of the early Middle Ages) and the German eastern colonisation (of the later Middle Ages) led to frequent intermixture.

Niemcza (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Neumarkt

Neumarkt n (proper noun, genitive Neumarkts or (optionally with an article) Neumarkt)

Neumarkts (genitive)
Neumarkt (genitive with-article)
Neumarkt (definite nominative singular)
Neumarkts (definite genitive singular)
Neumarkt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neumarkt (dative definite singular)
Neumarkt (accusative definite singular)

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

(historical) Nowy Targ (a town in Podhale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Neumarkt in Schlesien
Neumarkt in Schlesien#German

(historical) Środa Śląska (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neumarkt in Schlesien)


Saalfeld

Saalfeld n (proper noun, genitive Saalfelds or (optionally with an article) Saalfeld)

Saalfelds (genitive)
Saalfeld (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Salauelda. By surface analysis, Saale + Feld (“field”).

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(historical) Zalewo (a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Hinterpommern

de-proper noun

Hinterpommern n (proper noun, genitive Hinterpommerns or (optionally with an article) Hinterpommern)

Hinterpommerns (genitive)
Hinterpommern (genitive with-article)

/ˈhɪntəʁˌpɔməʁn/

From hinter- (“behind”) + Pommern (“Pomerania”), thus “that part of Pomerania that is further from the German centre”.

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Eastern Pomerania (portion of Pomerania to the east of the Oder river, nowadays entirely in Poland)


Passendorf

de-proper noun

Passendorf n (proper noun, genitive Passendorfs or (optionally with an article) Passendorf)

Passendorfs (genitive)
Passendorf (genitive with-article)
Passendorf (definite nominative singular)
Passendorfs (definite genitive singular)
Passendorf (definite genitive singular with-article)
Passendorf (dative definite singular)
Passendorf (accusative definite singular)

compound

Pass (“mountain pass”) + -en- (genitival interfix) + Dorf (“village”)

Pasterka (a village in the Gmina of Radków, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Graudenz

de-proper noun

Graudenz n (proper noun, genitive Graudenz' or (with an article) Graudenz)

Graudenz' (genitive)
Graudenz (genitive)
Graudenz (definite nominative singular)
Graudenz' (definite genitive singular)
Graudenz (definite genitive singular)
Graudenz (dative definite singular)
Graudenz (accusative definite singular)

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯dɛnt͡s]

(historical) Grudziądz (a city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Neustadt in Westpreußen

Neustadt in Westpreußen n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts in Westpreußen or (optionally with an article) Neustadt in Westpreußen)

Neustadts in Westpreußen (genitive)
Neustadt in Westpreußen (genitive with-article)

/ˌnɔɪ̯ʃtat ʔɪn ˈvɛstˌpʁɔɪ̯sn̩/

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Wejherowo (a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Neustadt in Oberschlesien

Neustadt in Oberschlesien n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts in Oberschlesien or (optionally with an article) Neustadt in Oberschlesien)

Neustadts in Oberschlesien (genitive)
Neustadt in Oberschlesien (genitive with-article)

/ˈnɔɪ̯ʃtat ʔɪn ˈoːbɐˌʃleːzi̯ən/

(historical) Prudnik (a town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland)


Nassenhuben

Nassenhuben n (proper noun, genitive Nassenhubens or (optionally with an article) Nassenhuben)

Nassenhubens (genitive)
Nassenhuben (genitive with-article)
Nassenhuben (definite nominative singular)
Nassenhubens (definite genitive singular)
Nassenhuben (definite genitive singular with-article)
Nassenhuben (dative definite singular)
Nassenhuben (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, nass (“wet”) + -en- + Huben (“historical land unit”).

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Mokry Dwór
w:Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeship

(historical) Mokry Dwór (a village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Gdańsk County, Poland)


Neunhuben

de-proper noun

Neunhuben n (proper noun, genitive Neunhubens or (optionally with an article) Neunhuben)

Neunhubens (genitive)
Neunhuben (genitive with-article)
Neunhuben (definite nominative singular)
Neunhubens (definite genitive singular)
Neunhuben (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neunhuben (dative definite singular)
Neunhuben (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neun (“nine”) + Huben (“historical land unit”).

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de:Gmina Stary Targ
de:Pruszcz Gdański (Landgemeinde)

Dziewięć Włók
w:Dziewięć Włók, Gdańsk County

Gmina Pruszcz Gdański
w:Gmina Pruszcz Gdański

(historical) Dziewięć Włók (a village in Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Dziewięć Włók
w:Dziewięć Włók, Sztum County

(historical) Dziewięć Włók (a settlement in Gmina Stary Targ, Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

(historical) Dziewięć Włók (a part of the village Wielkie Stwolno, in Gmina Dragacz, Świecie County, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Schönwalde

de-proper noun

Schönwalde n (proper noun, genitive Schönwaldes or (optionally with an article) Schönwalde)

Schönwaldes (genitive)
Schönwalde (genitive with-article)
Schönwalde (definite nominative singular)
Schönwaldes (definite genitive singular)
Schönwalde (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schönwalde (dative definite singular)
Schönwalde (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, schön (“beautiful”) + -s- + Wald (“forest”).

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A large number of smaller places in Germany, Poland and Russia.


Fürstenwalde

de-proper noun

Fürstenwalde n (proper noun, genitive Fürstenwaldes or (optionally with an article) Fürstenwalde)

Fürstenwaldes (genitive)
Fürstenwalde (genitive with-article)
Fürstenwalde (definite nominative singular)
Fürstenwaldes (definite genitive singular)
Fürstenwalde (definite genitive singular with-article)
Fürstenwalde (dative definite singular)
Fürstenwalde (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, Fürst (“prince”) + -en- + Wald (“forest”).

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A number of smaller places in Germany, Poland and Russia.


Ortelsburg

de-proper noun

Ortelsburg n (proper noun, genitive Ortelsburgs or (optionally with an article) Ortelsburg)

Ortelsburgs (genitive)
Ortelsburg (genitive with-article)
Ortelsburg (definite nominative singular)
Ortelsburgs (definite genitive singular)
Ortelsburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ortelsburg (dative definite singular)
Ortelsburg (accusative definite singular)

Named after the eponymous castle which was built during the second half of the 14th century (now ruined).
First attested as Ortulfsburg (“Ortulf's castle”) in 1360.
By surface analysis, Ortolf/Ortulf (“a given name”) + -s- + Burg (“castle”).

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(historical) Szczytno (a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)