Nehrung

German

Etymology

From East Prussian Middle High German nerge (“spit”), related with the adjective Proto-Germanic *narwaz, whence English narrow. If nerge is an early contraction, the word may have been derived with the Germanic suffix *-ingaz commonly used in placenames (compare German -ingen). If, however, the form Nehrung (16th c.) is a later alteration of nerge, it could be an old ablaut form or derived with the Germanic suffix *-į̄ (then orginally meaning “narrowness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːʁʊŋ/

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• Hyphenation: Neh‧rung

Noun

Nehrung f (genitive Nehrung, plural Nehrungen)

1. (geography) spit (long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea)

   Frische Nehrung ― Vistula spit

   Kurische Nehrung ― Curonian spit

Declension

Declension of Nehrung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nehrung	die	Nehrungen
genitive	einer	der	Nehrung	der	Nehrungen
dative	einer	der	Nehrung	den	Nehrungen
accusative	eine	die	Nehrung	die	Nehrungen

Related terms

• Narbe

See also

• Haff

Further reading

• Nehrung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Nehrung” in Duden online
• “Nehrung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nehrung” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.