"Ems" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛms/ Audio: De-Ems.ogg Forms: die Ems [canonical, feminine], der Ems [definite, genitive]
Etymology: From Old Saxon Emisa, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia. The river in North West Germany was mentioned by Tacitus, Pliny and others. Etymology templates: {{der|de|osx|Emisa}} Old Saxon Emisa, {{der|de|la|Amisia}} Latin Amisia Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die Ems f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ems)
  1. a river in northwestern Germany Tags: definite, proper-noun, usually Categories (place): Places in Germany, Rivers in Germany Related terms: Emsland
    Sense id: en-Ems-de-name-3OvAdgmC Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 32 13 13 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛms/ Audio: De-Ems.ogg Forms: Ems' [genitive], Ems [genitive]
Etymology: From the older form Embs. The spa town on the river Lahn was first mentioned in 880. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Ems n (proper noun, genitive Ems' or (with an article) Ems)
  1. Former name of Bad Ems Tags: neuter, proper-noun
    Sense id: en-Ems-de-name-ROuY6ntY Categories (other): Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 32 13 13 29 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        },
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    },
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