Württemberg

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Württemberg.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: wûr′təm-bûrg′, vür′təm-bĕrk′, IPA(key): /ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/, /ˈvɜɹ.təmˌbɛɹk/

Proper noun

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Württemberg

  1. A region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia

Derived terms

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Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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Named after the mountain Württemberg in Stuttgart-Rotenberg, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *Wirodūnon, composed of *wiros (man) and *dūnom (fortress, hill). This is also the source of the French city Verdun, Latinized as Medieval Latin Virodūnum in the middle ages.

Some prefer a derivation from the House of Württemberg in Luxembourg, but this could itself be from the Celtic name.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk/
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Proper noun

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Württemberg n (proper noun, genitive Württembergs or (optionally with an article) Württemberg)

  1. An area in southwestern Germany

References

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  • Harald Schukraft: Kleine Geschichte des Hauses Württemberg. Tübingen 2006, S. 38.