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Scharnhorst

/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/

Scharnhorst proper noun: several locations in northern Germany.

Proper noun

Scharnhorst (countable and uncountable, plural Scharnhorsts)

  1. Several locations in northern Germany.
  2. A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.
  3. Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.

Forms of Scharnhorst

pluralScharnhorsts

Origin of Scharnhorst

From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.

Words formed from Scharnhorst

Phrases with Scharnhorst

Questions about Scharnhorst

What does Scharnhorst mean?
Scharnhorst means several locations in northern Germany.
What part of speech is Scharnhorst?
Scharnhorst is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Scharnhorst?
Scharnhorst is pronounced /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/.

Words near Scharnhorst in the dictionary

  1. Scharfs
  2. Scharlachberger
  3. scharm
  4. scharm squark
  5. scharm squarks
  6. Scharnhorst
  7. Scharnhorst effect
  8. Scharnhorst effects
  9. Scharnhorsts
  10. Scharnitz
  11. Scharrel

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