Paderborn

English

Etymology

German Paderborn

Proper noun

Paderborn

1. A city and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Paderborn (at least since the 15th century), from Middle Low German Paderborn (at least since the 14th century), from Old Saxon.

Attested in Latin as Paderbrunnen, Paderbrunna, Padrabrun, Patresbrun (8th or 9th century, occurs in various annales, often about the Reichsversammlung of 777).

By surface analysis, Pader (river name) +‎ Born (“spring, well, river source”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpa(ː)dərˈbɔrn/, [ˌpäːdɐˈbɔʁn], [ˌpädɐ-], [-ˈbɔɐ̯n], [-ˈbɔːn]

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• Hyphenation: Pa‧der‧born

Proper noun

Paderborn n (proper noun, genitive Paderborns or (optionally with an article) Paderborn)

1. Paderborn (a city and rural district in eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Paderborn
genitive	des	Paderborns, Paderborn1
dative	dem	Paderborn
accusative	das	Paderborn

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Paderborner
• paderbornisch, paderbornsch, paderbörnisch, paderbörnsch (preference varying somewhat by context)

Descendants

• → English: Paderborn