Nehrung

Meaning

spit (long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea)

Hyphenated as

Neh‧rung

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneːʁʊŋ/

Etymology

From East Prussian Middle High German nerge (“spit”), related with the adjective Proto-Germanic *narwaz, whence English narrow. If nerge is an early contraction, the word may have been derived with the Germanic suffix *-ingaz commonly used in placenames (compare German -ingen). If, however, the form Nehrung (16th c.) is a later alteration of nerge, it could be an old ablaut form or derived with the Germanic suffix *-į̄ (then orginally meaning “narrowness”).