Kensborg

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Kensborch
• Kensbarg (Natangian Low Prussian)

Proper noun

Kensborg

1. (Elbingian Low Prussian) Königsberg (the historical capital of East Prussia, today in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia; modern Kaliningrad)
   • 1862, Robert Dorr, Twöschen Wiessel on Noacht: Plattdietsche Gedichte, (published by Neumann-Hartmannsche Buchhandlung in Elbing), page 17 ([1]):

     He brocht von Kensborch Schwärenoot
     Ganz warm uk frösch en Bekkerbrood.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1897, Robert Dorr, Tweschen Wiessel on Nagt: Plattdeutsche Gedichte und Dichtungen, second edition (published by C. Meißner in Elbing), page 24 ([2]):

     He brocht von Kensborg, Schwerenoth,
     Ganz warm uk fresch en Bäckerbrod.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• H. Frischbier, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und Westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge, volume 1 (A-K) (published in 1882 by Enslin in Berlin), cites the line by Dorr (1862) as "He brocht von Kensborch, schwere Noot, / Ganz warm uk frösch en Beckerbrot."