Aschaffenburg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aschaffenburg.

Proper noun

Aschaffenburg

1. A large independent town in the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
2. A rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Aschaffenburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.

Translations

city in Germany

• German: Aschaffenburg (de)
• Marathi: आशाफनबुर्क (āśāphanburka)

German

Etymology

From Old High German Ascaffaburc (literally “castle on the Aschaff River”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃafn̩ˌbʊʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Aschaf‧fen‧burg

Proper noun

Aschaffenburg n (proper noun, genitive Aschaffenburgs or (optionally with an article) Aschaffenburg)

1. Aschaffenburg (a large independent town in the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)
2. a rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Aschaffenburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

Declension

Declension of Aschaffenburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Aschaffenburg
genitive	des	Aschaffenburgs, Aschaffenburg1
dative	dem	Aschaffenburg
accusative	das	Aschaffenburg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Aschaffenburger
  • Aschaffenburgerin

Related terms

• Ascheberg, Aschendorf, Aschersleben
• Brandenburg, Rottenburg, Steinburg