Odenwald
German
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Etymology
[edit]From Old High German Odonewalt, Odanwalt, Otenwalt, a compound of walt (“forest”) (compare modern German Wald). The meaning of the first element is unknown; see w:Odenwald § Name for some hypotheses.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]der Odenwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Odenwalds or des Odenwaldes)
- A mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Odenwald” in Duden online
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- de:Mountains
- de:Places in Hesse, Germany
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- de:Places in Baden-Württemberg, Germany