An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nehrung

by Friedrich Kluge

Nehrung, feminine, ‘a long narrow strip of land separating a Haff from the sea,’ first occurs in Modern High German, allied to Middle High German (14th century) Nerge, ‘Kurische Nehrung’: “since Nehrung is a narrow strip of land, it may be derived from Old Saxon naru, ‘narrow.’” See Narbe.