Sarnen

American  

[zahr-nuhn] / ˈzɑr nən /

noun

1. a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.

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Sarnen British  

/ ˈzarnən /

noun

1. a town in central Switzerland, capital of Obwalden demicanton: resort. Pop: 9145 (2000)

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Example Sentences

Rudenz it was who with a gallant arm, And manly daring, took the keep at Sarnen.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich

The fortresses, Rossberg and Sarnen, are the country's dread; For from behind their adamantine walls The foe, like eagle from his eyrie swoops, And, safe himself, spreads havoc o'er the land.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

With these we went away the first day to Mettmenstetten to the gentleman whom I had taught Hebrew, by way of Lucern, and Sarnen, to Visp in St. Gall.

From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Platter, Thomas

With my own eyes I wished to weigh its strength, So went to Sarnen, and explored the castle.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich

Stands the fortress still, when Sarnen lies In ashes, and when Rossberg is a ruin?

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich