Osnabrück

== English == === Etymology === From German Osnabrück, from Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase. This name goes back to an earlier *Ausana, an older Pre-Germanic name for the river, said to be an Old European hydronym, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *av- (“watercourse”), extended with -s. However, compare Proto-Germanic *ausaną (“to scoop up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-. Doublet of osnaburg. === Proper noun === Osnabrück An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. A rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat. ==== Translations ==== === References === == German == === Etymology === From Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase. === Pronunciation === (Standard New High German) IPA(key): /ˈɔsnaˌbʁʏk/ Hyphenation: Os‧na‧brück === Proper noun === Osnabrück n (proper noun, genitive Osnabrücks or (optionally with an article) Osnabrück) Osnabrück (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany) a rural district of Lower Saxony, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Osnabrücker Osnabrückerin osnabrückisch ==== Related terms ==== Bersenbrück, Quakenbrück, Bingerbrück, Delbrück, Königsbrück Coppenbrügge, Nienbrügge, Ravensbrück, Wiedenbrück