Mecklenburg en · PROPN
Etymology
From German Mecklenburg.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A historical region in Baltic northern Germany; part of the modern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Men like Fritz Reuter (employing the Mecklenburg dialect) and Klaus Groth (employing the Holstein dialect) have tried to raise it [= New-Low-German, or Plattdeutsch] to a written language.
1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 67f. (https://books.google.com/books?id=OhJKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68)Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
- (countable) A surname from German.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburgs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Mecklenburg County · Mecklenburgian · Bay of Mecklenburg · Mecklenburg-West Pomerania · Mecklenburg Bay · Mecklenburgish
Translations (15)
sh Meklenburg (region of Germany) · nds Mäkelnborg (region of Germany) · nds Mekelnborg (region of Germany) · sv Mecklenburg (region of Germany) · nds Mękelborg (region of Germany) · cmn 梅克倫堡 /梅克伦堡 (region of Germany) · pt Mecklenburgo (region of Germany) · fr Mecklembourg (region of Germany) · de Mecklenburg (region of Germany) · ru Мекленбу́рг (region of Germany) · it Meclemburgo (region of Germany) · pt Mecklemburgo (region of Germany) · pl Meklemburgia (region of Germany) · cs Meklenbursko (region of Germany) · pt Mecklenburg (region of Germany)