Hunsrück
English
German
Etymology
From Middle High German Hundesrucha. The first element is of uncertain origin, with suggestions including connections to Hun, Hund (“dog”), or perhaps hundert (“hundred”). The second element is from Rücken (“back, ridge”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhʊnsʁʏk]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Huns‧rück
Proper noun
Hunsrück m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hunsrücks)
- Hunsrück (a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Derived terms
- Hunsrücker
- Hunsrückisch
- hunsrückisch
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
References
- Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. (1847). United States: Lea & Blanchard, p. 47
- Was bedeutet der Name "Hunsrück"
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