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Meaning of Ahrensburg in English:

Ahrensburg

Pronunciation /ˈɑːr(ə)nzbəːɡ/

adjective

Archaeology

  • Of, relating to, or designating an early postglacial culture of north Germany and the Low Countries dating to the period around 8500 b.c., remains of which were first discovered at sites near Ahrensburg; = Ahrensburgian .

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. From Ahrensburg, the name of a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, near which the type site is located.