Flouernumm
Luxembourgish
FWOTD – 21 December 2017
Etymology
From Flouer + Numm, after German Flurname.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfleu̯(e)ʀˌnum/, [ˈfləʊ̯.ɐˌnum]
Noun
Flouernumm m (plural Flouernimm)
- (toponymy) local place name; the smallest area traditionally given its own name
- 2001, Jeanny Freiderich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:
- Am Radio hat ech e bëssen den Uz mat deene koppeg-verdäitschte Flouernimm / lieux-dits gemaach, déi ee plazeweis op de Plakate vun enger Stee oder an engem Immobilien-Akt fënnt.
- On the radio I had made a little fun of the weird Germanised place names that one sometimes finds on scaffolding placards or in an estate agent's document.
- 2001, Jeanny Freiderich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch: