Bonn

See also:bon,bonn,andbønn

English

A view overdowntown.

Etymology

Borrowed fromGermanBonn.

Proper noun

Bonn

1. A city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany,on the RiverRhine,which was the capital of the formerWest Germany.
2. (metonymically,historicalafter 1990)TheWest Germangovernment.

Translations

a city in Germany

• Arabic:بُونm(bun)
• Bulgarian:Бонm(Bon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Ba ân(zh)(Bō'ēn)

• Dutch:Bonn(nl)
• Farefare:Bɔn
• French:Bonn(fr)
• Georgian:ბონი(boni)
• German:Bonn(de)n
• Greek:Βόννη(el)(Vónni)
• Hebrew:בון
• Hindi:बॉन(bŏn)
• Hungarian:Bonn(hu)
• Icelandic:Bonnf
• Italian:Bonn(it)
• Japanese:ボン(ja)(Bon)
• Korean:본(ko)(Bon)
• Latin:Bonna(la),Castra Bonnensia,(medieval also)Verona
• Macedonian:Бонm(Bon)
• Marathi:बॉन(bŏn)
• Persian:بن(fa)
• Portuguese:Bonaf,Bonnf
• Russian:Бонн(ru)m(Bonn)
• Spanish:Bonn(es)
• Thai:บอนน์(bon)
• Ukrainian:Боннm(Bonn)

Central Franconian

Etymology

FromMiddle High GermanBunne,fromOld High GermanBunna,fromProto-West Germanic*Bunnā,fromLatinBonna.The Central Franconian form with/o/(rather than/ɔ/) clearly continues the original Germanic-u-.SeeGermanBonnfor more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bon/

Proper noun

Bonnn

1. Bonn(a city on the Rhine inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)

Derived terms

• bönnsch,Bönnsch

Estonian

Proper noun

Bonn

1. Bonn(a city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromGermanBonn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɔn/

Proper noun

Bonnf

1. Bonn(a city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High GermanBonne,Bunne,fromOld High GermanBunna,fromProto-West Germanic*Bunnā,fromLatinBonna,short forCastra Bonnensia.The Germanic form shows its very old age in the replacement of-o-with-u-,which then also failed to undergo a-mutation because of the following nasal geminate. The modern German-o-is per se a regular development (cf.Sonne,Wonne), but was likely reinforced by readaptation to the Latin.

Another theory has it related to the tribeEburones.Folk etymology has proposed origin from dedication toSaint Boniface,but this is a crass anachronism. During the Middle Ages, Bonn was often calledVeronain Latin texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɔn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bonnn(proper noun,genitiveBonnsor(optionally with an article)Bonn)

1. Bonn(anindependent cityinNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany;historicalcapitalofWest Germany)

Derived terms

• Bonner

Hungarian

Etymology

BorrowedfromGermanBonn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈbonː]
• Hyphenation:Bonn
• Rhymes:-onː

Proper noun

Bonn

1. Bonn(a city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)

Declension

Inflection ofBonn
	singular	plural
nominative	Bonn	—
accusative	Bonnt	—
dative	Bonn-nak	—
instrumental	Bonn-nal	—
causal-final	Bonnért	—
translative	Bonn-ná	—
terminative	Bonnig	—
essive-formal	Bonnként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bonnban	—
superessive	Bonnon	—
adessive	Bonn-nál	—
illative	Bonnba	—
sublative	Bonnra	—
allative	Bonnhoz	—
elative	Bonnból	—
delative	Bonnról	—
ablative	Bonntól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Bonné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Bonnéi	—

Possessive formsofBonn
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bonnom	—
2nd person sing.	Bonnod	—
3rd person sing.	Bonnja	—
1st person plural	Bonnunk	—
2nd person plural	Bonnotok	—
3rd person plural	Bonnjuk	—

Derived terms

• bonni

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bonnf

1. Bonn(a city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)

   Synonym:Bona