Mecklenburg
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Mecklenburg.
Proper noun
editMecklenburg (countable and uncountable, plural Mecklenburgs)
- (uncountable) An area in Baltic northern Germany.
- 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
- Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
- 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 67f. ([1]):
- Men like Fritz Reuter (employing the Mecklenburg dialect) and Klaus Groth (employing the Holstein dialect) have tried to raise it [= New-Low-German, or Plattdeutsch] to a written language.
- (countable) A surname from German.
Derived terms
edit- Bay of Mecklenburg
- Mecklenburg Bay
- Mecklenburg County
- Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
- Mecklenburgian
- Mecklenburgish
Translations
editregion of Germany
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Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mecklenburg is the 34574th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Mecklenburg is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mecklenburg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.
German
editAlternative forms
edit- (obsolete) Meklenburg
Etymology
editFrom the castle Mikilenburg, Old Saxon for "great castle", from mikil (“great”) + burg (“castle”),[1] cp. Michelenburg (995).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁk/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁç/ (northern regions)
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛklənbʊʁk/ (central and southern Germany)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Meck‧len‧burg
Proper noun
editMecklenburg n (proper noun, genitive Mecklenburgs or (optionally with an article) Mecklenburg)
- Mecklenburg (a region in northern Germany)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Herrmann, Joachim (1970). Die Slawen in Deutschland, p. 530
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