Homberg

English

Proper noun

Homberg

1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
2. A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
3. A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
4. A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
5. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
6. A habitational surname transferred from the place name

Related terms

• Homburg
• homburg

Dutch

Etymology

• (Limburg) Attested as Hogh Bergh in 1803-1820. Derived from a compound of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Gelderland) Attested as de Homberg in 1865. Compound of a dative singular form of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔm.bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n

1. A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “homberg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German, equivalent to hohem Berg (dative, literally “high mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmbɛʁk/

• (file)

• Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Proper noun

Homberg n (proper noun, genitive Hombergs or (optionally with an article) Homberg)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze)
2. A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm)
3. A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland
4. A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate
5. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

1. a habitational surname transferred from the place name