Hinterpommern

== German == === Etymology === From hinter- (“behind”) +‎ Pommern (“Pomerania”), thus “that part of Pomerania that is further from the German centre”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪntəʁˌpɔməʁn/, [ˈhɪn.tɐˌpɔ.mɐn] Hyphenation: Hin‧ter‧pom‧mern === Proper noun === Hinterpommern n (proper noun, genitive Hinterpommerns or (optionally with an article) Hinterpommern) Eastern Pomerania (portion of Pomerania to the east of the Oder river, nowadays entirely in Poland) Coordinate term: Vorpommern ==== Usage notes ==== The city of Stettin/Szczecin and the Polish territories to its north and west are geographically part of Vorpommern, but since 1945 they may also be assigned to Hinterpommern, redefining the latter, in a political sense, as the Polish part of Pomerania.