Etymology

Kolberg

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German Kolberg ← Swedish Kolberg
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  1. Swedish · borrowed fromKolberg
  2. German · borrowed fromKolberg
  3. English todayKolberg

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Kolberg, a habitational surname for someone who came from the city of Kołobrzeg, now in Poland. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Kolberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements kol (“coal”) and berg (“mountain”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.