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From: Friedrich Lehmkuehler< >
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Abshagen Germany
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:32:55 +0200


At 12:13 16.07.00 Sunday, Olaf Ketelsen wrote:
>"Hagen" is a very common extension of towns and villages in North Germany.
>I think the North German word "Hagen" means in German "Hafen" and in
>English "port" or "harbour".

IMHO, this assumption is not correct. According to Hans Bahlow
("Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt") the old German word "hag" has two
meanings: 1. bushes, thicket, brushwood, 2. moor, bog. The second meaning
is extinct and unknown in modern German but Bahlow claims "hag" to be still
used as an English dialect word for bog. The town name "Hagen" could be
derived from either meaning.

Friedrich


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