Cloppenburg

== German == === Etymology === Named after a former local castle which was first attested in 1297 and destroyed in 1716. Clopp cognate with Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɔpənˌbʊʁk/, [ˈklɔpn̩ˌbʊʁk] Hyphenation: Clop‧pen‧burg === Proper noun === Cloppenburg n (proper noun, genitive Cloppenburgs or (optionally with an article) Cloppenburg) Cloppenburg (a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Cloppenburger Cloppenburgerin ==== Related terms ==== Coppenbrügge, Coppengrave, Kopenhagen Kranenburg, Papenburg, Waldenburg === Proper noun === Cloppenburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Cloppenburgs or (with an article) Cloppenburg, feminine genitive Cloppenburg, plural Cloppenburgs) a surname ==== Related terms ==== Coppenrath, Coppenstein Kranenburg, Papenburg, Waldenburg === References ===