Osnabrück

From German Osnabrück, from Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase. Doublet of osnaburg.

Osnabrück

1. An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
2. A rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

From Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase.

• (Standard New High German) IPA^(key): /ˈɔsnaˌbʁʏk/

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• Hyphenation: Os‧na‧brück

Osnabrück n (proper noun, genitive Osnabrücks or (optionally with an article) Osnabrück)

1. Osnabrück (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)
2. A rural district of Lower Saxony, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

• Osnabrücker
• Osnabrückerin
• osnabrückisch