Swinemünde

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sviːnəˈmʏndə/, [ˌsv̥iːnəˈmʏndə]
  • Hyphenation: Swi‧ne‧mün‧de

Proper noun

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

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

Declension
Declension of Swinemünde [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Swinemünde
genitive des Swinemündes, Swinemünde1
dative dem Swinemünde
accusative das Swinemünde

1Optionally with an article.

Descendants
  • → Polish: Świnoujście (calque)
  • Latin: Suenemundum
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