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Dünkirchen
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German
Alternative forms
de Dunkerque
Etymology
From de nl Duinkerke or its de dum - predecessor. Analysable as de Düne dune + de -kirchen -church. The component de -kirchen is a loan translation; the component de Dün- may be as well, but it may merely represent the Middle Dutch and still dialectal pronunciation of Dutch -ui- as /yː/.
Pronunciation
de /ˌdyːnˈkɪʁ.çən/
Proper noun
n
Dunkirk (Dunkerque), a coastal town in northern France, originally Flemish-speaking.