Pommern

Danish

Proper noun

Pommern

  1. Pomerania

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔməʁn/, [ˈpɔ.mɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: Pom‧mern

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)

  1. Pomerania (a region of Germany and Poland, on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea)
    Synonym: Pommerland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Pommern

  1. inflection of Pommer:
    1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
    2. plural

Swedish

Proper noun

Pommern n (genitive Pommerns)

  1. Pomerania

Derived terms

  • pommersk
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