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Senne.

Senne (a landscape (heathland) between the pass of Bielefeld and Paderborn)

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name/ˈzɛnə/
  1. Senne (a landscape (heathland) between the pass of Bielefeld and Paderborn)

    definite · proper-noun · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German Sē̆nde. First attested in 804, in 1028 Synatha, Sinethi, and Sinithi. Explained as Proto-Germanic *siniz (“old”) + *-iþō, apparently understood as an ur-leasow. The consonantism is retained in Sende, a settlement now largely part of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock.

noun/ˈzɛnə/
  1. alpine pasture

    Austria · Southern-Germany · Switzerland · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German senne, derived from etymology 2 above.

name/ˈzɛnə/
  1. Senne (a neighbourhood and district of Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. pre-1969 name of Lipperreihe which was until then a municipality, incorporated into Oerlinghausen, Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  3. Senne (a now partially covered river in Hainaut, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium)

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German Sē̆nde. First attested in 804, in 1028 Synatha, Sinethi, and Sinithi. Explained as Proto-Germanic *siniz (“old”) + *-iþō, apparently understood as an ur-leasow. The consonantism is retained in Sende, a settlement now largely part of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock.

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