Rosenheim

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Rose (“rose”) +‎ -n- +‎ Heim (“home”), although some researchers suspect this is a folk etymology and that the Rosen- element has some other etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːzn̩ˌhaɪ̯m/

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧sen‧heim

Proper noun

Rosenheim n (proper noun, genitive Rosenheims or (optionally with an article) Rosenheim)

1. Rosenheim (an independent town in Upper Bavaria, Bavaria)
2. A rural district of Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Rosenheim, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat
3. A municipality of Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Rosenheim
genitive	des	Rosenheims, Rosenheim1
dative	dem	Rosenheim
accusative	das	Rosenheim

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Rosenheimer
  • Rosenheimerin

Proper noun

Rosenheim m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rosenheims or (with an article) Rosenheim, feminine genitive Rosenheim, plural Rosenheims)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Rosenheim [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Rosenheim	(eine)	(die)	Rosenheim	(die)	Rosenheims
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Rosenheims, Rosenheim1	(einer)	(der)	Rosenheim	(der)	Rosenheims
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Rosenheim	(einer)	(der)	Rosenheim	(den)	Rosenheims
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Rosenheim	(eine)	(die)	Rosenheim	(die)	Rosenheims

¹With an article.