Etymology

Lauterbrunnen

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Today it means: A village and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland. Full definition →

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The story

From Alemannic German; the second element is Brunnen (“well, spring, fountain”). The first element could be laut (“clear, pure”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.