Nordhausen

German

Etymology

From Old High German Nordhūsa, Nordhūse, Northūsun (literally “northern houses”). By surface analysis, Nord +‎ -hausen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯zn̩/

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• Hyphenation: Nord‧hau‧sen

Proper noun

Nordhausen n (proper noun, genitive Nordhausens or (optionally with an article) Nordhausen)

1. A town and rural district of Thuringia
2. Nordhouse (a commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Nordhausen
genitive	des	Nordhausens, Nordhausen1
dative	dem	Nordhausen
accusative	das	Nordhausen

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Nordhausener
  • Nordhausenerin

Related terms

• Amelinghausen, Bullenhausen, Holzhausen, Mühlhausen, Neuhausen
• Schönhausen, Steinhausen, Waldhausen, Wallhausen, Weinhausen

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Nordhausen [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Nordhausen	(eine)	(die)	Nordhausen	(die)	Nordhausens, Nordhausen
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Nordhausens, Nordhausen1	(einer)	(der)	Nordhausen	(der)	Nordhausens, Nordhausen
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Nordhausen	(einer)	(der)	Nordhausen	(den)	Nordhausens, Nordhausen
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Nordhausen	(eine)	(die)	Nordhausen	(die)	Nordhausens, Nordhausen

¹With an article.