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trondheim

/ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
trond-heim
IPA
/ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

Etymology

From Norwegian Trondheim, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Doublet of Throndham and Throwendham. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”), thus referring to the unusual warm-summer climate of this inland fjord. Compare Old English þryþ.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Throndham (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce trondheim?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/.
What does trondheim mean?
A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
Where does trondheim come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

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