An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Nehrung

by Friedrich Kluge

Nehrung, f., ‘a long narrow strip of land separating a Haff from the sea,’ first occurs in ModHG., allied to MidHG. (14th cent.) Nerge, ‘Kurische Nehrung’: “since Nehrung is a narrow strip of land, it may be derived from OSax. naru, ‘narrow.’” See Narbe.