Germanic toponyms are the names given to places by Germanic peoples and tribes. Besides areas with current speakers of Germanic languages, many regions with previous Germanic speakers or Germanic influence had or still have Germanic toponymic elements, such as places in France, Wallonia, Poland, Western Russia, Northern Portugal, Spain and Northern Italy.
Comparative table In round brackets, the contemporary cognate for the toponym in the respective language is given. In the square brackets, the most frequently used name in English is given.
Proto-Germanic (or ancient loan word from Celtic, Greek or Latin) English and Scots Dutch and Afrikaans Low German (High) German Continental North Germanic(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Other Germanic languages Loans or remnants innon-Germanic languages (mainly in Old Northern French)*baki"creek"-bach, -beck, -batch, -brook, -brooke, -bech, -beach, -broke, (beck) (1) Harbrook, Emm Brook, Sparkbrook, Walbrook, Marshbrook, Fullabrook, Sandbach, Comberbach, Brinsabach, Eastbach, etc., (2) Fulbeck, (3) Caldbeck, (4) Holbeck, Wansbeck, Starbeck, Welbeck, Skirpenbeck, Boosbeck, Killingbeck, Pinchbeck, Purbeck, Birkbeck, Swaffham Bulbeck, Leigh Beck, Waterbeck, etc., Pulverbatch, Inglesbatch, Oxbatch, Snailbatch, Wagbatch, Radbatch, Wisbech, Holbeach, Holbeck, Holbrook, Addenbrooke, Kidbrooke, Holbech, Bolingbroke, Stradbroke, Begbroke, Kembroke Hall, Hazelbadge, Burbage, Brocton, Brockweir, Brogden, Brookhampton, Brookland, Brooksby etc.-beek (beek) (5) Boutersem, Bierbeek, Lembeek, Schaarbeek [Schaerbeek], Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Oosterbeek, Eerbeek, Beek en Donk-bek, -beck, -brook, -brock, (1) :de:Harbrook, :de:Billbrook, Hilkenbrook, Wesuwer Brook, :de:Marschbrook, :de:Hammerbrook, (2) Fuhlbek (Wehrau (river)),Wolfgang Laur, Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein, Karl Wachholtz Verlag, 1992, p. 261b. Reinbek, Wandsbek, Hasselbeck, Gladbeck, Havixbeck, Fuhlenbrock, Batenbrock, etc.-bach, -bock :de:Sandbach, (6) Wambach, (5) Rohrbach, (3) Kaltenbach, Hasselbach, Bütgenbach (Belgium), :de: Schnellbach, Mühlbock [Ołobok], etc.-beck, -bekk, -bäck, -bæk (2) Fulebæk (DK), (4) Holbæk (DK)-bec, -becq, -bais, -baix, -bez in Northern French, via Old Norse bekkr, Old Frankish *baki (2) Foulbec, (3) Caudebec, (4) Houlbec, etc., (5) Robecq / Rebecq/ Rebais, etc., (6) Wambez, Roubaix, Bolbec, Bricquebec, etc. -bok in Polish, via East-GermanicDrybok, Klodobok, Lusobok, Ołobok*berga-"hill, mountain" -bergh -berrow -barrow -berry -berge -bear (barrow) Sedbergh, Thrybergh, Caldbergh, Bedbergh, Babergh Hundred, Rubergh Hundred, East Bergholt, Bergh Apton, Berghersh, Inkberrow, Bromsberrow, Sedgeberrow, Whitbarrow, Cruckbarrow, Fellbarrow, Wanbarrow, Brockenbarrow, Inkberrow, Rowberrow, Ingleberry, Skelberry, Solberge, Sadberge, Thurlbear -berg, -bergen (berg) (2) Bergen [Mons], Geraardsbergen, Grimbergen, Kortenberg, Schaarsbergen(1) Barg, (2) BargenWolfgang Laur 138b.-berg Heidelberg, Kaisersberg [Kaysersberg], Königsberg [Kaliningrad], Nürnberg [Nuremberg], Bamberg, Bromsberg, Bromberg, Kruckenberg, :de:Fellberg, Berghain-berg, -berj (2) Bergen-bergue(s) in Northern French via Old Low Frankish or Old Saxon Isbergues, (1) Berck, Barques, Barc, Bierges*brugjō-"bridge" -bridge -brigg (bridge) Cambridge, Knightsbridge, Woodbridge, Fordingbridge, Seabridge, Weybridge, Uxbridge, Agbrigg, Felbrigg, Lambrigg, Gillingbrigg, Brigg, Brigroyd-brugge (brug) Brugge [Bruges], Zeebrugge-brücken, -brück, -bruck -brig Innsbruck, Osnabrück, Saarbrücken, Brig-bro, -bru Hobro, Holstebro, Nybro, Örebro*burg-"city, fortified town, fort"-borough, -bury, -burgh, -brough (borough) Canterbury, Tilbury, Aldbury, Grimsbury, Limbury, Cissbury, Kentisbury, Holmbury St Mary, Shoeburyness, Irthlingborough, Peterborough, Knaresborough, Middlesbrough, Hemingbrough, Mickleburgh, Aldeburgh, Rumburgh, Happisburgh, Bamburgh, Edinburgh, Salsburgh, Pedlersburgh, Cunningsburgh, Mayburgh Henge -burg (burg, burcht) Aardenburg, Limburg, Middelburg, Tilburg-borg Hamborg [Hamburg]-burg Burg bei Magdeburg, Regensburg, Neuburg, Salzburg, German: Straßburg, Lower Elsassish/Alsatian-German: Strossburi, Luxembourgish -buergLëtzebuerg [Luxembourg]-borg, -borj Nordborg, Rendsborg, Sønderborg-bourg in Northern French, via Old Saxon, Old English, Old Norse and German Cherbourg, Cabourg, Bourbourg, le Neubourg, Luxembourg, Strasbourg (single Bourg, Borgo, Buergo, etc. or with a following element are common everywhere in the Romance speaking world) *felthuz"plain, open land, field"-field -fold (field)Huddersfield, Mansfield, Macclesfield, Mirfield, Wakefield, Sheffield, Moorfields, Dogmersfield, Aperfield, Archenfield, Kerfield, Whisterfield, Bentfield Green, Bloomfield, Westerfield, Summerfield, Thunderfield, Bassingfield, Lindfield, Englefield Green, Exfold, Penfold, Chiddingfold-veldSchinveld, Warnsveld-feld, -felde, -filde (Feld) Bielefeld, Mansfeld, :de:Moorfeld, :de:Mirfeld, :de:Westerfilde, Sommerfeld, Urfeld, :de:Eichsfeld *furdi-, *furdu-"low water crossing" -ford, -forth (ford) Bradford, Guildford, Oxford, Stafford, Watford, Hereford, Sandford, Thetford, Stanford, Arford, Conford, Lemsford, Hannaford, Filford, Wyfordby, Catford, Gosforth, Garforth, Stainforth, Ampleforth, Handforth, Dishforth, Catforth, Shawforth, Birdforth, Yafforth, Hollowforth, Strafforth, Hartforth, Bedford