Remscheid

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Remscheit. The second element of the compound is Scheide in the sense of Wasserscheide (“watershed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛmʃaɪt/

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• Hyphenation: Rem‧scheid

Proper noun

Remscheid n (proper noun, genitive Remscheids or (optionally with an article) Remscheid)

1. Remscheid (an independent town in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Remscheid
genitive	des	Remscheids, Remscheid1
dative	dem	Remscheid
accusative	das	Remscheid

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Remscheider
  • Remscheiderin