Elbe

Oznaczający (English)

Name

Elbe (a major river of the Czech Republic and Germany)

Noun

Alternative form of Elb (“elf”)

Synonyms

Elb

🧝

Elfe

Elba

Elf

Fee

🧚

Albe

Recker

Kobold

Luftgeist

Teufelchen

Sylphe

Łączone jako

El‧be

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈɛlbə/

Etymologia (English)

Inherited from średnio-wysoko-niemiecki: Elbe

Inherited from staro-wysoko-niemiecki: Elba

Cognate with staronordyjski: elfr

Cognate with szwedzki: älv

In summary

From Middle High German Elbe, from Old High German Elba, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”), attested in Latin as Albis. Compare Old Norse elfr, Swedish älv.

Zdania

Die Elbe mündet in die Nordsee .

The Elbe flows into the North Sea.

Die Elbe fließt nördlich und bildet hier die die Landesgrenze zu Schleswig-Holstein .

The Elbe flows north and forms the state border with Schleswig-Holstein.