Battenberg

See also: battenberg

English

Etymology

German Battenberg. The surname derives from the town in Hesse.

Proper noun

Battenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Battenbergs)

1. (countable) A surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten.
2. A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany.

   Synonym: (officially) Battenberg (Eder)

   • 2017, Damien Trench, Miles Jupp, Egg and Soldiers: A Childhood Memoir‎^[1], Hachette, →ISBN:

     Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there.

3. A town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

   Synonym: (officially) Battenberg (Pfalz)

Derived terms

• Battenberg cake
• Battenberger
• Battenberg lace
• Mountbatten

 

Translations

surname

• German: Battenberg
• Greek: Μπάττενμπεργκ (Báttenmpergk)

Noun

Battenberg (plural Battenbergs)

1. Ellipsis of Battenberg cake.

Alternative forms

• battenberg

Further reading

• Battenberg family on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Battenberg (Eder) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Battenberg (Pfalz) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German Bettenberg, from Batto, a personal name from Proto-West Germanic *badu (“battle”) + berg (“mountain, hill”). The surname derives from the town in Hesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatn̩bɛʁk/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Battenberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Battenbergs or (with an article) Battenberg, feminine genitive Battenberg, plural Battenbergs)

1. a surname, Battenberg, transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Mountbatten

Proper noun

Battenberg n (proper noun, genitive Battenbergs or (optionally with an article) Battenberg)

1. Battenberg (a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany)
2. Battenberg (a town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Derived terms

• Battenberger

Descendants

• English: Battenberg
  • → English: Mountbatten (partial calque)
• Greek: Μπάττενμπεργκ (Báttenmpergk)
• → Chinese: → 巴滕貝格／巴滕贝格 (Bāténgbèigé) (transliteration)