Pommern
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pommern
Derived terms
- ad Pommern til
- pommeraner
- pommersk
Further reading
- “Pommern” in Den Danske Ordbog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Proper noun
Pommern n (proper noun, genitive Pommerns or (optionally with an article) Pommern)
- Pomerania (a region of Germany and Poland, on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea)
- Synonym: Pommerland
Related terms
- Pommer
- pommerisch, pommersch
- Hinterpommern, Ostpommern
- Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Pommern
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pommern n (genitive Pommerns)
Derived terms
- pommersk
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