Drontheim

From Middle Low German Dronthêm, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Compare English Throndham.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔntˌhaɪ̯m/

Drontheim n (proper noun, genitive Drontheims or (optionally with an article) Drontheim)

1. (historical or archaic) alternative form of Trondheim (“Trondheim (a city and municipality of Trøndelag county)”)
2. (historical) synonym of Tröndelag (“Trøndelag”)
   • 1767, Johann Gottfried Haymann, Carl Gottlob Dietmann, Neue Europäische Staats- und Reisegeographie worinnen die Staaten und Königreiche Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Preussen, samt den Besitzungen der Krone Dänemark in Afrika, Asien und Amerika, ausführlich beschrieben werden, volume 14, Dresden/Leipzig, page 245:

     Den heutigen Namen hat sie der umliegenden Gegend zu verdanken, welche ehedem Drontheim, die Einwohner aber Drönter oder Trönder geheissen.

     [The city] owes its current name to the surrounding area, which used to be called Throndham, while the inhabitants were called Thronds or Trønder.

• Before 1931, the official Norwegian name was Trondhjem. Since the change to Trondheim, the difference of the German form has been marginal, which has surely contributed to its decline. It is now only used in historical contexts, chiefly those of the Hanseatic League.