Korbach

German

Alternative forms

• Corbach (superseded)

Etymology

Partial calque of Old Saxon Curbecki, where beki (“brook”) is equivalent to German Bach and the element cur- is of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁbax/

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• Hyphenation: Kor‧bach

Proper noun

Korbach n (proper noun, genitive Korbachs or (optionally with an article) Korbach)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Korbach
genitive	des	Korbachs, Korbach1
dative	dem	Korbach
accusative	das	Korbach

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Korbacher
  • Korbacherin