Gladbach

== German == === Etymology === Equivalent to glatt (“sleek”) +‎ Bach (“brook”). Doublet of Gladbeck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlatbax/ Hyphenation: Glad‧bach === Proper noun === der Gladbach m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Gladbachs) a left tributary of the Niers, at Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Glattbach, Quodbach, Schlattbach === Proper noun === Gladbach n (proper noun, genitive Gladbachs or (optionally with an article) Gladbach) ellipsis of Mönchengladbach ellipsis of Bergisch Gladbach a municipality, now a part of the collective municipality of Wittlich-Land in Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany any of several smaller places across Central Germany ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Gladbacher Gladbacherin ==== Related terms ==== Gladbeck, Glabbeek Glattbach, Schlabbach === Proper noun === Gladbach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gladbachs or (with an article) Gladbach, feminine genitive Gladbach, plural Gladbachs) a surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Achenbach, Limbach, Quodbach, Schlapbach