Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch als Hilfsmittel für schwedische Namenforscher

Abstract

Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch – a resource for Swedish onomasticians. – The publication of Albrecht Greule’s magnificent work Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch (DGNB) in 2014 was an event of European significance. Consulting this extensive dictionary makes it much easier than before to obtain information about the wide-ranging and important German research undertaken in the field of hydronymy. The material dealt with in DGNB is of great interest from a lexicographic, morphological and semantic point of view. The present author has found many hydronyms in DGNB that merit consideration in the study of Swedish place-names.