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Falkenberg
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English
Proper noun
en mun province/Halland country/Sweden.
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈfalkn̩ˌbɛʁk/
de De-Falkenberg.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Falkenberg2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Fal ken berg
Proper noun
toponym
de Any of a large number of towns, villages and other places in <<c/Germany>>, <<c/Austria>> and other European countries
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Falkenberger
de Falkenbergerin
Related terms
de Falkenau, de Falkenbach, de Falkenburg, de Falkenhagen, de Falkenstein, de Falkensee
de Arenberg, de Bamberg, de Heinsberg
Proper noun
de:
thumb|150px|Distribution of Falkenbergs in Germany
surname
de
Declension
surname
Related terms
de Falkenburg, de Falkenburger
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv falk -en berg falcon definite; plural hill, mountain.
Possibly referring to the hill on which the present-day Sankta Gertruds kyrkoruin, Falkenberg ruins of St. Gertruds church sv stand, whose highest part has, at least in more recent times, been called sv Falkaberget. The name may in turn have been sv nl - 1 and sv de Falkenberg, as Dutch and German falcon catchers were already present in the area during the Middle Ages.
1298. Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Falkenberg.wav
Proper noun
n
sv city/and/municipality province/Halland western country/en:Sweden
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