Bonn

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See also: bon, bonn, and bønn

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn

  1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine, which was the capital of the former West Germany.
  2. (metonymically, historical after 1990) The West German government.

Translations[edit]

Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna. The Central Franconian form with /o/ (rather than /ɔ/) clearly continues the original Germanic -u-. See German Bonn for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn n

  1. Bonn (a city on the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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Estonian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn

  1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn f

  1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German Bonne, Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna, short for Castra Bonnensia. The Germanic form shows its very old age in the replacement of -o- with -u-, which then also failed to undergo a-mutation because of the following nasal geminate. The modern German -o- is per se a regular development (cf. Sonne, Wonne), but was likely reinforced by readaptation to the Latin.

Another theory has it related to the tribe Eburones.[1] Folk etymology has proposed origin from dedication to Saint Boniface, but this is a crass anachronism. During the Middle Ages, Bonn was often called Verona in Latin texts.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɔn/
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Proper noun[edit]

Bonn n (proper noun, genitive Bonns or (optionally with an article) Bonn)

  1. Bonn (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; historical capital of West Germany)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ François Savatier « Bonn la romaine » dans Pour la Science (2006) no 350, p. 22.

Hungarian[edit]

 Bonn on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn

  1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Bonn
singular plural
nominative Bonn
accusative Bonnt
dative Bonn-nak
instrumental Bonn-nal
causal-final Bonnért
translative Bonn-ná
terminative Bonnig
essive-formal Bonnként
essive-modal
inessive Bonnban
superessive Bonnon
adessive Bonn-nál
illative Bonnba
sublative Bonnra
allative Bonnhoz
elative Bonnból
delative Bonnról
ablative Bonntól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Bonné
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Bonnéi
Possessive forms of Bonn
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Bonnom
2nd person sing. Bonnod
3rd person sing. Bonnja
1st person plural Bonnunk
2nd person plural Bonnotok
3rd person plural Bonnjuk

Derived terms[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bonn f

  1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    Synonym: Bona