battenberg

battenberg is the alternative letter-case form of Battenberg.

Proper noun capitalized: Battenberg

Battenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Battenbergs)

(countable) A surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten.
A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany.
- Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there.2017, Damien Trench, Miles Jupp, Egg and Soldiers: A Childhood Memoir, Hachette, →ISBN
A town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Battenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Battenbergs)

(abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Battenberg cake.
- I’m more of a Radio 4-and-a-slice-of-Battenberg type of girl, yet here I am, dancing, drinking, and, inevitably, ending up in the ladies’ loos with two women who were strangers 24 hours ago, applying lipstick and trying not to suffocate in a cloud of Elnett.2017 August 6, Helen Russell, “Why making friends as a grown-up is scary – and how to do it anyway”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

From German Battenberg. The surname derives from the town in Hesse.

What does battenberg mean?: Battenberg means a surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten.
What is battenberg the alternative letter-case form of?: Battenberg is the alternative letter-case form of Battenberg.
What part of speech is battenberg?: Battenberg can be a proper noun or a noun.

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