Sieker

German

Etymology

Attested since the late 12th century.

From Middle Low German sīk from Proto-West Germanic *sīk (“watercourse, sitch; sodden lowland”), as we know this stem from many other placenames, to denote well-moisturized low grounds. The identity of the ending is not without doubt, due to vowel reduction.

Incorporated into Bielefeld in 1930, not having any recognizable transition to the city’s historical core, in the course of its expansion and urbanization of the surrounding area.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈziːkʰɐ]

Proper noun

Sieker n (proper noun, genitive Siekers or (optionally with an article) Sieker)

  1. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Mitte district and Stieghorst district, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Declension

Declension of Sieker [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Sieker
genitive des Siekers, Sieker1
dative dem Sieker
accusative das Sieker

1Optionally with an article.

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