Hannover

1. (neuter, proper-noun) the capital and largest city of Lower Saxony, Germany
2. (neuter, proper-noun) a special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of Lower Saxony; full name Region Hannover
3. (neuter, proper-noun) a former province of Prussia, in modern Germany
4. (neuter, proper-noun) a former kingdom in the German Confederation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haˈnoːfɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: -

In summary

From Middle Low German, from underlying an/up den hôen ôver (“on the high shore/bank”). Note that the area of central Hannover now called Am Hohen Ufer was banked up later and is not the at the origin of the city's name; it may rather have been called thus after the latter.

Concepts

Hanover

Hannover

Translations

Hanovre

Hanower

Hannover

Hannover

Αννόβερο

Hanóver

Hanôver

Hannover

Hannover

Hannover

Annover

Hannover

Hannovera

Hanofer

هَانُوفَر

Sentences

Nach seinem Tode wurde er auf dem Stadtfriedhof Engesohde in Hannover beerdigt .

After his death, he was buried in the city cemetery of Engesohde in Hanover.