Gladbach
German
Etymology
Equivalent to glatt (“sleek”) + Bach (“brook”). Doublet of Gladbeck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlatbax/
Audio (Germany): (file) - 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
Declension of Gladbach [sg-only, masculine, strong]
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
Declension of Gladbach [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
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
Declension of Gladbach [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Gladbach | (eine) | (die) | Gladbach | (die) | Gladbachs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Gladbachs, Gladbach1 | (einer) | (der) | Gladbach | (der) | Gladbachs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Gladbach | (einer) | (der) | Gladbach | (den) | Gladbachs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Gladbach | (eine) | (die) | Gladbach | (die) | Gladbachs |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Achenbach, Limbach, Quodbach, Schlapbach