Pommern

Danish

Proper noun

Pommern

1. Pomerania

Derived terms

• ad Pommern til
• pommeraner
• pommersk

Further reading

• “Pommern” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔməʁn/, [ˈpɔ.mɐn]

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• Hyphenation: Pom‧mern

Etymology 1

From Middle High German Pom(m)ern, from Middle Low German Pommer(e)n, Pomer(e)n, from Polabian [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *pomořane (“coast-dwellers”), derived from Proto-Slavic *po moři (“by the sea”). Originally referred collectively to the population (see Pommer) and then became a geographical term (as with many other German placenames in -(e)n). Cognate with Polish Pomorzanie, Pomorze.

Proper noun

Pommern n (proper noun, genitive Pommerns or (optionally with an article) Pommern)

1. Pomerania (a region of Germany and Poland, on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea)

   Synonym: Pommerland

Related terms

• Pommer
• pommerisch, pommersch
• Hinterpommern, Ostpommern
• Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Pommern

1. inflection of Pommer:
   1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
   2. plural

Swedish

Proper noun

Pommern n (genitive Pommerns)

1. Pomerania

Derived terms

• pommersk