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-itz and -ow are mostly exclusive to the east cuz its used mostly by Slavic Settlements. Just if someone else wondered

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What about -furt? I reckon there’s a handful.

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If you follow the link and scroll down a bit, you’ll find more, including -furt.

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The -ach and -bach are interesting. Are there no rivers in the north?

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It looks like -au basically traces the Elbe basin, so I assume that that ending took over in that area for some reason

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It might be -beek and -bek, due to Lower Saxon (Plattdeutsch) influence. -bruch/-bruck and -brück might also be relevant.

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Not might, it is this. -bruch, -bruck and -brück are something different though. While being related to the english “brook”, a Bruch is swampland. -bruck or -brück however indicate a bridge (like the German word for bridge, Brücke).

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Though “bridge” can also refer to a board walk through swampland…

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Berg (mountain) is also related to Burg (castle)

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Ach.

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