Mönchengladbach

English

Proper noun

Mönchengladbach

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Translations

city in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Kyrgyz: Мөнхенгладбах (Mönhengladbah)
• Russian: Мёнхенгла́дбах m (Mjonxengládbax)

German

Alternative forms

• München-Gladbach, Mönchen-Gladbach (dated)

Etymology

Originally Monich Gladebach (1300), later Munche-Glaydebach (1348). Equivalent to Mönch (“monk”) +‎ -en- +‎ Gladbach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœn.çənˈɡlat.bax/, [ˌmœn.çn̩ˈɡlat.baχ]

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• Hyphenation: Mön‧chen‧glad‧bach

Proper noun

Mönchengladbach n (proper noun, genitive Mönchengladbachs or (optionally with an article) Mönchengladbach)

1. An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

   Synonym: (informal) Gladbach

Declension

Declension of Mönchengladbach [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Mönchengladbach
genitive	des	Mönchengladbachs, Mönchengladbach1
dative	dem	Mönchengladbach
accusative	das	Mönchengladbach

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Mönchengladbacher