Gladbach

German

Etymology

Equivalent to glatt (sleek) +‎ Bach (brook). Doublet of Gladbeck.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlatbax/
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  • Hyphenation: Glad‧bach

Proper noun

der Gladbach m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Gladbachs)

  1. a left tributary of the Niers, at Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

Declension

Proper noun

Gladbach n (proper noun, genitive Gladbachs or (optionally with an article) Gladbach)

  1. ellipsis of Mönchengladbach
  2. ellipsis of Bergisch Gladbach
  1. a municipality, now a part of the collective municipality of Wittlich-Land in Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  2. any of several smaller places across Central Germany

Declension

Derived 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)

  1. a surname

Declension