Donaueschingen

English

Proper noun

Donaueschingen

1. A town in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

German

Donaueschingen in 1680

Etymology

First attested as Esginga in 889. The first element Donau was added later to mark the place near which the confluence of the two sources of the river Danube is located. By surface analysis, Donau +‎ Eschingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːnaʊ̯ˈʔɛʃɪŋən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Do‧nau‧eschin‧gen

Proper noun

Donaueschingen n (proper noun, genitive Donaueschingens or (optionally with an article) Donaueschingen)

1. Donaueschingen (a town in Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district, in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Donaueschingen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Donaueschingen
genitive	des	Donaueschingens, Donaueschingen1
dative	dem	Donaueschingen
accusative	das	Donaueschingen

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Donaueschinger
  • Donaueschingerin

Related terms

• Donaustadt, Donaustauf, Donauwörth
• Eschringen, Escheringen, Aschingen, Fischingen