Japan

de-proper noun

Japan n (proper noun, genitive Japans or (optionally with an article) Japan)

Japans (genitive)
Japan (genitive with-article)

→ Estonian: Jaapan

→ Finnish: Japani

→ Hungarian: Japán

→ Ladin: Iapan

→ Latvian: Japāna

→ Norwegian: Japan

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Јапан

Latin script: Japan

desctree

→ Yiddish: יאַפּאַן (yapan)
→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan)

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).

der

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


China

de-proper noun

China n (proper noun, genitive Chinas or (optionally with an article) China, plural China)

Chinas (genitive)
China (genitive with-article)
China (plural)
China (nominative singular)
China (definite nominative plural)
Chinas (genitive singular)
China (genitive singular)
China (definite genitive plural)
China (dative singular)
China (dative definite plural)
China (accusative singular)
China (accusative definite plural)

Possibly from Dutch China, from possibly Portuguese China, from Persian چین (čin, “China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


Laos

Laos n (proper noun, genitive Laos' or (with an article) Laos)


Oman

Oman n (proper noun, genitive Omans or (optionally with an article) Oman)

Omans (genitive)
Oman (genitive with-article)

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Thailand

Thailand n (proper noun, genitive Thailands or (optionally with an article) Thailand)

Thailands (genitive)
Thailand (genitive with-article)


Ukraine

die Ukraine f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ukraine)

die Ukraine (canonical feminine)
der Ukraine (definite genitive)
Ukraine (definite nominative singular)
Ukraine (definite genitive singular)
Ukraine (dative definite singular)
Ukraine (accusative definite singular)

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan n (proper noun, genitive Turkmenistans or (optionally with an article) Turkmenistan)

Turkmenistans (genitive)
Turkmenistan (genitive with-article)

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Jordan

der Jordan m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Jordan or des Jordans)

der Jordan (canonical masculine)
des Jordan (definite genitive)
des Jordans (definite genitive)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Korea

Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula#English

Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)


Rom

Rom n (proper noun, genitive Roms or (optionally with an article) Rom, plural (rare) Rom or Roms)

Roms (genitive)
Rom (genitive with-article)
Rom (plural rare)
Roms (plural)

From Middle High German Rōme, from Old High German Rōma, a relatinisation of Rūma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu.

(historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)


Bangkok

Bangkok n (proper noun, genitive Bangkoks or (optionally with an article) Bangkok)

Bangkoks (genitive)
Bangkok (genitive with-article)


Jerusalem

Jerusalem n (proper noun, genitive Jerusalems or (optionally with an article) Jerusalem)

Jerusalems (genitive)
Jerusalem (genitive with-article)

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Turin

Turin n (proper noun, genitive Turins or (optionally with an article) Turin)

Turins (genitive)
Turin (genitive with-article)

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


Mexiko

Mexiko n (proper noun, genitive Mexikos or (optionally with an article) Mexiko)

Mexikos (genitive)
Mexiko (genitive with-article)
Mexico (alternative dated)
Mexicum (alternative obsolete)

→ Hunsrik: Mexiko

Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco.

Mexico (a country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America)


Niederlande

die Niederlande pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

die Niederlande (canonical plural)
Niederlande (definite nominative plural)
Niederlande (definite genitive plural)
Niederlanden (dative definite plural)
Niederlande (accusative definite plural)

From nieder (“low, nether”) + Lande (“lands”), a plural of Land n: compare Lande n pl (“lands, regions”), Länder n pl (“lands, countries”), Länden f pl (“ship landings”).

compound

[...] vorzüglich aus den beiden Niederlanden, Frankreich und Deutschland.

1826, Joachim Heinrich Jäck, Reise durch England und die beiden Niederlande, page 268:

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Nordamerika

de-proper noun

Nordamerika n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nordamerikas)

/ˌnɔɑ̯d̥ɑˈmɛɐ̯ʀikɑ/

North America
North America#English:_Q49

North America (the continent forming the northern part of the Americas)


Polen

Polen n (proper noun, genitive Polens or (optionally with an article) Polen)

Polens (genitive)
Polen (genitive with-article)
Pohlen (alternative)

Middle High German Polen, Polēnen, cp. Polen m pl (“Poles”). See Pole.


Tigris

Tigris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tigris)

Tigris (a major river in Turkey and Iraq in Mesopotamia)


Kambodscha

Kambodscha n (proper noun, genitive Kambodschas or (optionally with an article) Kambodscha)

Kambodschas (genitive)
Kambodscha (genitive with-article)
Cambodscha (alternative obsolete)


Indonesien

Indonesien n (proper noun, genitive Indonesiens or (optionally with an article) Indonesien)

Indonesiens (genitive)
Indonesien (genitive with-article)

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Estland

Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)

Estlands (genitive)
Estland (genitive with-article)
Eestland (alternative obsolete)
Ehstland (alternative obsolete)
Esthland (alternative obsolete)

Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Russland

Russland n (proper noun, genitive Russlands or (optionally with an article) Russland)

Russlands (genitive)
Russland (genitive with-article)
Russland (nominative singular)
Russlands (genitive singular)
Russland (dative singular)
Russland (accusative singular)
Rußland (alternative)

Compound of Russe (“Russian (person)”) + Land (“country”).

com+

Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Slowenien

de-proper noun

Slowenien n (proper noun, genitive Sloweniens or (optionally with an article) Slowenien)

Sloweniens (genitive)
Slowenien (genitive with-article)
Slowenien (definite nominative singular)
Sloweniens (definite genitive singular)
Slowenien (definite genitive singular with-article)
Slowenien (dative definite singular)
Slowenien (accusative definite singular)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Frankreich

Frankreich n (proper noun, genitive Frankreichs or (optionally with an article) Frankreich)

Frankreichs (genitive)
Frankreich (genitive with-article)

/ˈfʁaŋkʁaɪ̯ç/

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Albanien

Albanien n (proper noun, genitive Albaniens or (optionally with an article) Albanien)

Albaniens (genitive)
Albanien (genitive with-article)
Albanien (nominative singular)
Albaniens (genitive singular)
Albanien (dative singular)
Albanien (accusative singular)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Argentinien

Argentinien n (proper noun, genitive Argentiniens or (optionally with an article) Argentinien)

Argentiniens (genitive)
Argentinien (genitive with-article)


Armenien

Armenien n (proper noun, genitive Armeniens or (optionally with an article) Armenien)

Armeniens (genitive)
Armenien (genitive with-article)
Armenien (nominative singular)
Armeniens (genitive singular)
Armenien (dative singular)
Armenien (accusative singular)

Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Dänemark

Dänemark n (proper noun, genitive Dänemarks or (optionally with an article) Dänemark)

Dänemarks (genitive)
Dänemark (genitive with-article)
Dänemark (nominative singular)
Dänemarks (genitive singular)
Dänemark (dative singular)
Dänemark (accusative singular)


Australien

Australien n (proper noun, genitive Australiens or (optionally with an article) Australien)

Australiens (genitive)
Australien (genitive with-article)

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Aserbaidschan

Aserbaidschan n (proper noun, genitive Aserbaidschans or (optionally with an article) Aserbaidschan)

Aserbaidschans (genitive)
Aserbaidschan (genitive with-article)
Aserbaidshan (alternative East Germany archaic)

Azerbaijan (historical region comprising parts of the modern country and of northwestern Iran)


Belgien

Belgien n (proper noun, genitive Belgiens or (optionally with an article) Belgien)

Belgiens (genitive)
Belgien (genitive with-article)

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Algerien

Algerien n (proper noun, genitive Algeriens or (optionally with an article) Algerien)

Algeriens (genitive)
Algerien (genitive with-article)
Algerien (nominative singular)
Algeriens (genitive singular)
Algerien (dative singular)
Algerien (accusative singular)


Weißrussland

Weißrussland n (proper noun, genitive Weißrusslands or (optionally with an article) Weißrussland)

Weißrusslands (genitive)
Weißrussland (genitive with-article)
Weißrussland (nominative singular)
Weißrusslands (genitive singular)
Weißrussland (dative singular)
Weißrussland (accusative singular)
Weissrussland (alternative)
Weißrußland (alternative)

From weiß (“white”) + Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, German Low German Wittrussland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, English White Russia, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, among others.


Finnland

de-proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

Finnlands (genitive)
Finnland (genitive with-article)

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne + Land.


Spanien

Spanien n (proper noun, genitive Spaniens or (optionally with an article) Spanien)

Spaniens (genitive)
Spanien (genitive with-article)

→ Hunsrik: Spanje

From Middle High German Spane, from Old High German Spānia, from Latin Hispania.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Katalonien

Katalonien n (proper noun, genitive Kataloniens or (optionally with an article) Katalonien)

Kataloniens (genitive)
Katalonien (genitive with-article)

autonomous community
autonomous community

Catalonia (an autonomous community in northeast Spain)


Brasilien

Brasilien n (proper noun, genitive Brasiliens or (optionally with an article) Brasilien)

Brasiliens (genitive)
Brasilien (genitive with-article)

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Bulgarien

Bulgarien n (proper noun, genitive Bulgariens or (optionally with an article) Bulgarien)

Bulgariens (genitive)
Bulgarien (genitive with-article)

/bʊlˈɡaːʁi̯ən/

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kroatien

Kroatien n (proper noun, genitive Kroatiens or (optionally with an article) Kroatien)

Kroatiens (genitive)
Kroatien (genitive with-article)

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Mosambik

Mosambik n (proper noun, genitive Mosambiks or (optionally with an article) Mosambik)

Mosambiks (genitive)
Mosambik (genitive with-article)

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Montenegro

Montenegro n (proper noun, genitive Montenegros or (optionally with an article) Montenegro)

Montenegros (genitive)
Montenegro (genitive with-article)

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Italien

Italien n (proper noun, genitive Italiens or (optionally with an article) Italien)

Italiens (genitive)
Italien (genitive with-article)


Thorn

de-noun

Thorn m (strong, genitive Thorns, plural Thorns)

Thorns (genitive)
Thorns (plural)
Thorn (nominative singular)
Thorns (definite nominative plural)
Thorns (genitive singular)
Thorns (definite genitive plural)
Thorn (dative singular)
Thorns (dative definite plural)
Thorn (accusative singular)
Thorns (accusative definite plural)

From English thorn from Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, þyrn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).


Thorn

de-proper noun

Thorn n (proper noun, genitive Thorns or (optionally with an article) Thorn)

Thorns (genitive)
Thorn (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Thorun, from Latin Thorun (see also Thorunenses) (1251).


Toskana

die Toskana f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Toskana)

die Toskana (canonical feminine)
der Toskana (definite genitive)
Toskana (definite nominative singular)
Toskana (definite genitive singular)
Toskana (dative definite singular)
Toskana (accusative definite singular)
Toscana (alternative rare)
Tuscien (alternative obsolete)
Tuskien (alternative obsolete)
Tuszien (alternative obsolete)

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Marokko

Marokko n (proper noun, genitive Marokkos or (optionally with an article) Marokko)

Marokkos (genitive)
Marokko (genitive with-article)


Ägypten

Ägypten n (proper noun, genitive Ägyptens or (optionally with an article) Ägypten, plural Ägypten)

Ägyptens (genitive)
Ägypten (genitive with-article)
Ägypten (plural)
Aegypten (alternative obsolete)
Egypten (alternative obsolete)

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Indien

toponym,,-􂀿referring to the East Indies and West Indies􂁀

Indien n (proper noun, genitive Indiens or (optionally with an article) Indien, plural (referring to the East Indies and West Indies) Indien)

Indiens (genitive)
Indien (genitive with-article)
Indien (plural)

From Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).


Irland

Irland n (proper noun, genitive Irlands or (optionally with an article) Irland, plural (rare) Irlande)

Irlands (genitive)
Irland (genitive with-article)
Irlande (plural rare)

Und diese drei feindlichen Lager sollten nun auf einmal in Eins verschmolzen, beide Irlande sollten mit sich und mit England zu Einem unzertrennlichen Ganzen verbunden werden.

1856, Albert Werfer, Leben ausgezeichneter Katholiken der drei letzten Jahrhunderte. Vierzehntes Bändchen: Leben und Wirken des Daniel O'Connell, page 56:

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Kairo

Kairo n (proper noun, genitive Kairos or (optionally with an article) Kairo)

Kairos (genitive)
Kairo (genitive with-article)
Alkeier (alternative)

From Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic القاهِرة (al-qāhira).


Kolumbien

Kolumbien n (proper noun, genitive Kolumbiens or (optionally with an article) Kolumbien)

Kolumbiens (genitive)
Kolumbien (genitive with-article)


Lettland

Lettland n (proper noun, genitive Lettlands or (optionally with an article) Lettland)

Lettlands (genitive)
Lettland (genitive with-article)
Lattland (alternative obsolete)

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


Cypern

Cypern n (proper noun, strong, genitive Cyperns)

Via Latin Cyprus from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

alternative form of Zypern: Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Salomonen

Salomonen (definite nominative plural)
Salomonen (definite genitive plural)
Salomonen (dative definite plural)
Salomonen (accusative definite plural)

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands (a country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)


Georgien

Georgien n (proper noun, genitive Georgiens or (optionally with an article) Georgien)

Georgiens (genitive)
Georgien (genitive with-article)

Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


Jordanien

Jordanien n (proper noun, genitive Jordaniens or (optionally with an article) Jordanien)

Jordaniens (genitive)
Jordanien (genitive with-article)

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Bolivien

Bolivien n (proper noun, genitive Boliviens or (optionally with an article) Bolivien)

Boliviens (genitive)
Bolivien (genitive with-article)
Bolivien (nominative singular)
Boliviens (genitive singular)
Bolivien (dative singular)
Bolivien (accusative singular)


Osttimor

Osttimor n (proper noun, genitive Osttimors or (optionally with an article) Osttimor)

Osttimors (genitive)
Osttimor (genitive with-article)
Osttimor (nominative singular)
Osttimors (genitive singular)
Osttimor (dative singular)
Osttimor (accusative singular)

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Litauen

Litauen n (proper noun, genitive Litauens or (optionally with an article) Litauen)

Litauens (genitive)
Litauen (genitive with-article)

→ Chinese: 立陶宛 (Lìtáowǎn)

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Ungarn

Ungarn n (proper noun, genitive Ungarns or (optionally with an article) Ungarn)

Ungarns (genitive)
Ungarn (genitive with-article)
Ungarn (definite nominative singular)
Ungarns (definite genitive singular)
Ungarn (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ungarn (dative definite singular)
Ungarn (accusative definite singular)


Libanon

Libanon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Libanons or Libanon)

Lebanon, Mount Lebanon (a mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia; in full, Mount Lebanon)


Libanon

Libanon m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Libanons or Libanon)

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Libyen

Libyen n (proper noun, genitive Libyens or (optionally with an article) Libyen)

Libyens (genitive)
Libyen (genitive with-article)
Lybien (alternative)
Libien (alternative nonstandard rare)
Lybyen (alternative obsolete)
Lübien (alternative obsolete rare)


Makedonien

Makedonien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Makedoniens)

Makedoniens (genitive)
Macedonien (alternative obsolete)
Mazedonien (alternative)

Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)

(historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)

Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)

Bulgarian Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia#English

Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)


Mauretanien

Mauretanien n (proper noun, genitive Mauretaniens or (optionally with an article) Mauretanien)

Mauretaniens (genitive)
Mauretanien (genitive with-article)


Mikronesien

Mikronesien n (proper noun, genitive Mikronesiens or (optionally with an article) Mikronesien)

Mikronesiens (genitive)
Mikronesien (genitive with-article)

Micronesia (a country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region)


Kosovo

der/das Kosovo m or n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kosovo or des Kosovos)

Kosovo n (proper noun, genitive Kosovos or (optionally with an article) Kosovo)

der (canonical masculine neuter)
das Kosovo (canonical masculine neuter)
des Kosovo (definite genitive)
des Kosovos (definite genitive)
Kosovos (genitive)
Kosovo (genitive with-article)
Kosovo (definite nominative singular)
Kosovo (definite genitive singular)
Kosovos (definite genitive singular)
Kosovo (dative definite singular)
Kosovo (accusative definite singular)
Kosovo (definite nominative singular)
Kosovos (definite genitive singular)
Kosovo (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kosovo (dative definite singular)
Kosovo (accusative definite singular)

Kosovo (a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Moskau

Moskau n (proper noun, genitive Moskaus or (optionally with an article) Moskau)

Moskaus (genitive)
Moskau (genitive with-article)

Ultimately from Old East Slavic Москов- (Moskov-), originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky of unknown origin.

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Schottland

Schottland n (proper noun, genitive Schottlands or (optionally with an article) Schottland)

Schottlands (genitive)
Schottland (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Schottelant, Schotelant, Schotenlant. By surface analysis, Schotte (“Scot”) + -n- + Land (“land”).

surface analysis

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Tiber

de-proper noun

der Tiber m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Tiber or des Tibers)

die Tiber (dated) f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Tiber)

der Tiber (canonical masculine)
des Tiber (definite genitive)
des Tibers (definite genitive)
die Tiber (canonical feminine)
der Tiber (definite genitive)
Tiber (definite nominative singular)
Tiber (definite nominative plural)
Tiber (definite genitive singular)
Tibers (definite genitive singular)
Tiber (definite genitive plural)
Tiber (dative definite singular)
Tibern (dative definite plural)
Tiber (accusative definite singular)
Tiber (accusative definite plural)
Tiber (definite nominative singular)
Tibern (definite nominative plural)
Tiber (definite genitive singular)
Tibern (definite genitive plural)
Tiber (dative definite singular)
Tibern (dative definite plural)
Tiber (accusative definite singular)
Tibern (accusative definite plural)

Tiber (a major river in Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, in central Italy, flowing through Rome)


Kopenhagen

Kopenhagen n (proper noun, genitive Kopenhagens or (optionally with an article) Kopenhagen)

Kopenhagens (genitive)
Kopenhagen (genitive with-article)
Kopenhagen (definite nominative singular)
Kopenhagens (definite genitive singular)
Kopenhagen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kopenhagen (dative definite singular)
Kopenhagen (accusative definite singular)
Copenhagen (alternative archaic obsolete)

From Middle Low German Kôpenhāgen, older Kôpenhāven, Kôpmanhāven, from Old Danish Køp(m)enhafn, Køpmannæhafn. The full form of the name translates to “merchants’ harbour” in both Low German and Danish. More contracted forms appear in both languages alongside, so there is no need to see the development as folk etymology (“buying harbour”, although it may have been interpreted thus by Low German speakers at a later stage).

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Schweden

Schweden n (proper noun, genitive Schwedens or (optionally with an article) Schweden)

Schwedens (genitive)
Schweden (genitive with-article)

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Norwegen

Norwegen n (proper noun, genitive Norwegens or (optionally with an article) Norwegen)

Norwegens (genitive)
Norwegen (genitive with-article)

[ˈnɔʁˌveː.ɡŋ̍]

Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


Großbritannien

Großbritannien n (proper noun, genitive Großbritanniens or (optionally with an article) Großbritannien)

Großbritanniens (genitive)
Großbritannien (genitive with-article)
Großbritannien (nominative singular)
Großbritanniens (genitive singular)
Großbritannien (dative singular)
Großbritannien (accusative singular)
Grossbritannien (alternative Liechtenstein Switzerland)

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q145

(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


Griechenland

Griechenland n (proper noun, genitive Griechenlands or (optionally with an article) Griechenland)

Griechenlands (genitive)
Griechenland (genitive with-article)

[ˈɡʁiːçn̩ˌlantʰ]

Grieche (“Greek”) + Land; cognate to Middle High German Kriechenlant, Low German Grekenland, Dutch Griekenland.


Triest

Triest n (proper noun, genitive Triests or (optionally with an article) Triest)

Triests (genitive)
Triest (genitive with-article)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

Trieste (the capital city of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy)


Lombardei

die Lombardei f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lombardei)

die Lombardei (canonical feminine)
der Lombardei (definite genitive)
Lombardei (nominative singular)
Lombardei (genitive singular)
Lombardei (dative singular)
Lombardei (accusative singular)

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Sizilien

Sizilien n (proper noun, genitive Siziliens or (optionally with an article) Sizilien, plural (rare) Sizilien)

Siziliens (genitive)
Sizilien (genitive with-article)
Sizilien (plural rare)
Sizilien (definite nominative singular)
Sizilien (definite nominative plural rare)
Siziliens (definite genitive singular)
Sizilien (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sizilien (definite genitive plural rare)
Sizilien (dative definite singular)
Sizilien (dative definite plural rare)
Sizilien (accusative definite singular)
Sizilien (accusative definite plural rare)
Sicilien (alternative obsolete)

Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Äquatorialguinea

Äquatorialguinea n (proper noun, genitive Äquatorialguineas or (optionally with an article) Äquatorialguinea)

Äquatorialguineas (genitive)
Äquatorialguinea (genitive with-article)

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Mailand

Mailand n (proper noun, genitive Mailands or (optionally with an article) Mailand)

Mailands (genitive)
Mailand (genitive with-article)
Mayland (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German Meilān and Old High German Meilān, from a Vulgar Latin *Meiolano, from Latin Mediolanum. The last syllable was later adapted to the word Land.

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


Pyrenäen

die Pyrenäen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

die Pyrenäen (canonical plural)
Pyrenäen (definite nominative plural)
Pyrenäen (definite genitive plural)
Pyrenäen (dative definite plural)
Pyrenäen (accusative definite plural)

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -en after Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs.

Pyrenees (a mountain range between France and Spain)


Elfenbeinküste

die Elfenbeinküste f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Elfenbeinküste)

die Elfenbeinküste (canonical feminine)
der Elfenbeinküste (definite genitive)
Elfenbeinküste (definite nominative singular)
Elfenbeinküste (definite genitive singular)
Elfenbeinküste (dative definite singular)
Elfenbeinküste (accusative definite singular)

Calque of French Côte d'Ivoire: Elfenbein (“ivory”) + Küste (“coast”).

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Elsass

das Elsass n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Elsass or des Elsasses)

das Elsass (canonical neuter)
des Elsass (definite genitive)
des Elsasses (definite genitive)
Elsaß (alternative)

Formerly Elsāzzun ("those dwelling outside").
From Old High German Elisāzo, the first element from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”).

Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Prag

Prag n (proper noun, genitive Prags or (optionally with an article) Prag)

Prags (genitive)
Prag (genitive with-article)

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Seychellen

Seychellen pl (proper noun, plural only)

Seychellen (definite nominative plural)
Seychellen (definite genitive plural)
Seychellen (dative definite plural)
Seychellen (accusative definite plural)

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Jütland

Jütland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Jütlands)

Related to Danish Jylland, English Jutland.

Jutland (a cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany)


Kalifornien

Kalifornien n (proper noun, genitive Kaliforniens or (optionally with an article) Kalifornien)

Kaliforniens (genitive)
Kalifornien (genitive with-article)

California (the most populous state of the United States)


Ganges

der Ganges m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Ganges)

der Ganges (canonical masculine)
des Ganges (definite genitive)

Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)


Krim

(with definite article) Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)


Athen

Athen n (proper noun, genitive Athens or (optionally with an article) Athen)

Athens (genitive)
Athen (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι pl (Athênai).


Jericho

de-proper noun

Jericho n (proper noun, genitive Jerichos or (optionally with an article) Jericho)

Jerichos (genitive)
Jericho (genitive with-article)

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Korsika

Korsika n (proper noun, genitive Korsikas or (optionally with an article) Korsika)

Korsikas (genitive)
Korsika (genitive with-article)

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Genua

Genua n (proper noun, genitive Genuas or (optionally with an article) Genua)

Genuas (genitive)
Genua (genitive with-article)

Ultimately from Latin Genua, perhaps directly.

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


Brüssel

Brüssel n (proper noun, genitive Brüssels or (optionally with an article) Brüssel)

Brüssels (genitive)
Brüssel (genitive with-article)
Brüssel (definite nominative singular)
Brüssels (definite genitive singular)
Brüssel (definite genitive singular with-article)
Brüssel (dative definite singular)
Brüssel (accusative definite singular)

From older Brüßel, Brüessel, Brüchsel, from Middle Dutch, likely influenced also by modern Dutch Brussel. Doublet of Bruchsal (town near Karlsruhe).


Lissabon

Lissabon n (proper noun, genitive Lissabons or (optionally with an article) Lissabon)

Lissabons (genitive)
Lissabon (genitive with-article)

Ultimately from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisipo, further etymology uncertain.


Bukarest

Bukarest n (proper noun, genitive Bukarests or (optionally with an article) Bukarest)

Bukarests (genitive)
Bukarest (genitive with-article)


Belgrad

Belgrad n (proper noun, genitive Belgrads or (optionally with an article) Belgrad)

Belgrads (genitive)
Belgrad (genitive with-article)
Belgrad (definite nominative singular)
Belgrads (definite genitive singular)
Belgrad (definite genitive singular with-article)
Belgrad (dative definite singular)
Belgrad (accusative definite singular)

/ˈbɛlˌɡʁaːt/


Nizza

Nizza n (proper noun, genitive Nizzas or (optionally with an article) Nizza)

Nizzas (genitive)
Nizza (genitive with-article)
Nizza (definite nominative singular)
Nizzas (definite genitive singular)
Nizza (definite genitive singular with-article)
Nizza (dative definite singular)
Nizza (accusative definite singular)

Borrowed from Italian, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”).

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


Neuseeland

Neuseeland n (proper noun, genitive Neuseelands or (optionally with an article) Neuseeland)

Neuseelands (genitive)
Neuseeland (genitive with-article)

New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Warschau

Warschau n (proper noun, genitive Warschaus or (optionally with an article) Warschau)

Warschaus (genitive)
Warschau (genitive with-article)

→ Dutch: Warschau
→ Afrikaans: Warschau

→ Icelandic: Varsjá

→ Luxembourgish: Warschau

From Middle High German Warschow(e), from Old Polish Warszewa.


Krakau

Krakau n (proper noun, genitive Krakaus or (optionally with an article) Krakau)

Krakaus (genitive)
Krakau (genitive with-article)

→ Dutch: Krakau

→ Icelandic: Kraká

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)


Kreta

Kreta n (proper noun, genitive Kretas or (optionally with an article) Kreta)

Kretas (genitive)
Kreta (genitive with-article)

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Danzig

Danzig n (proper noun, genitive Danzigs or (optionally with an article) Danzig)

Danzigs (genitive)
Danzig (genitive with-article)
Dantzig (alternative)

Cp. Danzke (at least 15th century), Dantzke (at least 16th century). Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Gdańsk. For the -zig suffix, compare Leipzig (< Lipsk).

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Gdańsk (the capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Kiew

Kiew n (proper noun, genitive Kiews or (optionally with an article) Kiew)

Kiews (genitive)
Kiew (genitive with-article)
Kyjiw (alternative)
Kijew (alternative)


Hermannstadt

Hermannstadt n (proper noun, genitive Hermannstadts or (optionally with an article) Hermannstadt)

Hermannstadts (genitive)
Hermannstadt (genitive with-article)

Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region#English

Heřmanovice (a village and municipality of Bruntál district in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic)


Rumänien

Rumänien n (proper noun, genitive Rumäniens or (optionally with an article) Rumänien)

Rumäniens (genitive)
Rumänien (genitive with-article)


Tunesien

Tunesien n (proper noun, genitive Tunesiens or (optionally with an article) Tunesien)

Tunesiens (genitive)
Tunesien (genitive with-article)
Tunisien (alternative obsolete)


Zypern

Zypern n (proper noun, genitive Zyperns or (optionally with an article) Zypern, plural Zypern)

Zyperns (genitive)
Zypern (genitive with-article)
Zypern (plural)
Cypern (alternative dated)
Kypern (alternative)

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros)

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Moldawien

Moldawien n (proper noun, genitive Moldawiens or (optionally with an article) Moldawien)

Moldawiens (genitive)
Moldawien (genitive with-article)

Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia#English

Moldova, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova)


Venedig

Venedig n (proper noun, genitive Venedigs or (optionally with an article) Venedig)

Venedigs (genitive)
Venedig (genitive with-article)

desc

البُنْدُقِيّة

→ Arabic: البُنْدُقِيّة (al-bunduqiyya)

→ Armenian: Վենետիկ (Venetik)

→ Danish: Venedig

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Venedig

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Venedig

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: وندیك (venedik)
Turkish: Venedik
→ Albanian: Venedik

→ Swedish: Venedig

From Middle High German Venēdige, Venēdje, from Venetan venèdego (“Venetian”). The shift from a demonym to a toponym may have been influenced by the presence of the suffix -ig in many other toponyms, such as Leipzig, Schleswig, etc.

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


Mekka

de-proper noun

Mekka n (proper noun, genitive Mekkas or (optionally with an article) Mekka)

Mekkas (genitive)
Mekka (genitive with-article)

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)


Syrien

Syrien n (proper noun, genitive Syriens or (optionally with an article) Syrien)

Syriens (genitive)
Syrien (genitive with-article)

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Damaskus

Damaskus n (proper noun, genitive Damaskus' or (with an article) Damaskus)

Damaskus' (genitive)
Damaskus (genitive)

From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from an ancient Semitic language.

Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)


Bosporus

der Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Bosporus)

der Bosporus (canonical masculine)
des Bosporus (definite genitive)

From Latin Bosporus, from Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).


Komoren

die Komoren f pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

die Komoren (canonical feminine plural)
Komoren (definite nominative plural)
Komoren (definite genitive plural)
Komoren (dative definite plural)
Komoren (accusative definite plural)

Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Feuerland

Feuerland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Feuerlands or Feuerlandes)

Feuerlands (genitive)
Feuerlandes (genitive)
Feuerland (nominative singular)
Feuerlands (genitive singular)
Feuerlandes (genitive singular)
Feuerland (dative singular)
Feuerlande (dative singular)
Feuerland (accusative singular)

From Feuer (“fire”) + Land (“land”), a calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego.

Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego#English

Tierra del Fuego, Fireland (archipelago at the southern tip of South America, forming part of Chile and Argentina)


Baskenland

das Baskenland n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Baskenlands or des Baskenlandes)

das Baskenland (canonical neuter)
des Baskenlands (definite genitive)
des Baskenlandes (definite genitive)

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_Q3995

Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)


Tasmanien

Tasmanien n (proper noun, genitive Tasmaniens or (optionally with an article) Tasmanien)

Tasmaniens (genitive)
Tasmanien (genitive with-article)

Tasmania (an island group and state of Australia; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901)


Moldau

Moldau n (proper noun, genitive Moldaus or (optionally with an article) Moldau)

Moldaus (genitive)
Moldau (genitive with-article)
Moldau (definite nominative singular)
Moldaus (definite genitive singular)
Moldau (definite genitive singular with-article)
Moldau (dative definite singular)
Moldau (accusative definite singular)

From or related to Romanian Moldova (the Moldova River), which see.


Bosnien

Bosnien n (proper noun, genitive Bosniens or (optionally with an article) Bosnien)

Bosniens (genitive)
Bosnien (genitive with-article)
Bosnien (nominative singular)
Bosniens (genitive singular)
Bosnien (dative singular)
Bosnien (accusative singular)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Nazaret

Nazaret n (proper noun, genitive Nazarets or (optionally with an article) Nazaret)

Nazarets (genitive)
Nazaret (genitive with-article)

Northern District
Northern District#English

Nazareth (the largest city in the Northern District, Israel); alternative form of Nazareth


Serbien

Serbien n (proper noun, genitive Serbiens or (optionally with an article) Serbien)

Serbiens (genitive)
Serbien (genitive with-article)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Pilsen

Pilsen n (proper noun, genitive Pilsens or (optionally with an article) Pilsen)

Pilsens (genitive)
Pilsen (genitive with-article)


Brünn

Brünn n (proper noun, genitive Brünns or (optionally with an article) Brünn)

Brünns (genitive)
Brünn (genitive with-article)

South Moravian Region
South Moravian Region#English

Brno (capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and second-largest city in the Czech Republic)


Tschechien

Tschechien n (proper noun, genitive Tschechiens or (optionally with an article) Tschechien)

Tschechiens (genitive)
Tschechien (genitive with-article)

/ˈt͡ʃɛçi̯ən/

Tschechische Republik
Tschechische Republik#German

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe; official name: Tschechische Republik)


Sardinien

Sardinien n (proper noun, genitive Sardiniens or (optionally with an article) Sardinien)

Sardiniens (genitive)
Sardinien (genitive with-article)
Sardinien (definite nominative singular)
Sardiniens (definite genitive singular)
Sardinien (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sardinien (dative definite singular)
Sardinien (accusative definite singular)

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Kaukasus

Caucasus (mountain range, geographic region)


Kanton

de-noun

Kanton m (strong, genitive Kantons, plural Kantone)

Kantons (genitive)
Kantone (plural)
Kanton (nominative singular)
Kantone (definite nominative plural)
Kantons (genitive singular)
Kantone (definite genitive plural)
Kanton (dative singular)
Kantonen (dative definite plural)
Kanton (accusative singular)
Kantone (accusative definite plural)

(historical) canton (military enrollment district of Prussia, made obsolete by introduction of universal conscription in 1813)


Kanton

de-proper noun

Kanton n (proper noun, genitive Kantons or (optionally with an article) Kanton)

Kantons (genitive)
Kanton (genitive with-article)

Canton (former name of Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong in southeastern China)


Reichenberg

Reichenberg n (proper noun, genitive Reichenbergs or (optionally with an article) Reichenberg)

Reichenbergs (genitive)
Reichenberg (genitive with-article)
Reichenberg (definite nominative singular)
Reichenbergs (definite genitive singular)
Reichenberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Reichenberg (dative definite singular)
Reichenberg (accusative definite singular)

[ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩ˌbɛʁk]

Landkreis Würzburg
w:Würzburg (district)

a town in Landkreis Würzburg district, Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany


Bosnien und Herzegowina

Bosnien und Herzegowina n (proper noun, genitive Bosnien und Herzegowinas or (optionally with an article) Bosnien und Herzegowina)

Bosnien und Herzegowinas (genitive)
Bosnien und Herzegowina (genitive with-article)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Neuschottland

Neuschottland n (proper noun, genitive Neuschottlands or (optionally with an article) Neuschottland)

Neuschottlands (genitive)
Neuschottland (genitive with-article)

From neu (“new”) + Schottland (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia peninsula
Nova Scotia peninsula#English

Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia peninsula (a peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula)


Straßburg

Straßburg n (proper noun, genitive Straßburgs or (optionally with an article) Straßburg)

Straßburgs (genitive)
Straßburg (genitive with-article)
Strassburg (alternative Switzerland)

From Middle High German Strāzburc, from Old High German Strāzburg (8th c.), also attested as pre-High German Stratiburg (6th c.), Latinised Strateburgum (5th c.). Equivalent to Straße (“road”) + Burg (“town”), from a nearby crossing of two Roman roads.

Strasbourg (the capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Äthiopien

Äthiopien n (proper noun, genitive Äthiopiens or (optionally with an article) Äthiopien)

Äthiopiens (genitive)
Äthiopien (genitive with-article)
Äthiopien (nominative singular)
Äthiopiens (genitive singular)
Äthiopien (dative singular)
Äthiopien (accusative singular)

From Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops, “an Ethiopian”), traditionally said to mean "one with a charred complexion", from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face, complexion”), but this is formally difficult and seems like a folk etymology.


Malediven

Malediven f pl (proper noun, plural only)

Malediven (definite nominative plural)
Malediven (definite genitive plural)
Malediven (dative definite plural)
Malediven (accusative definite plural)

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Mazedonien

Mazedonien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Mazedoniens)

ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien

Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)

Bulgarian Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia#English

Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)

Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)

Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)


Mongolei

die Mongolei f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Mongolei)

die Mongolei (canonical feminine)
der Mongolei (definite genitive)

(chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)


Philippinen

Philippinen pl (proper noun, plural only)

Philippinen (definite nominative plural)
Philippinen (definite genitive plural)
Philippinen (dative definite plural)
Philippinen (accusative definite plural)

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Saudi-Arabien

Saudi-Arabien n (proper noun, genitive Saudi-Arabiens or (optionally with an article) Saudi-Arabien)

Saudi-Arabiens (genitive)
Saudi-Arabien (genitive with-article)

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Slowakei

die Slowakei f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Slowakei)

die Slowakei (canonical feminine)
der Slowakei (definite genitive)


Vatikanstadt

die Vatikanstadt f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Vatikanstadt)

die Vatikanstadt (canonical feminine)
der Vatikanstadt (definite genitive)
Vatikanstadt (definite nominative singular)
Vatikanstadt (definite genitive singular)
Vatikanstadt (dative definite singular)
Vatikanstadt (accusative definite singular)

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Themse

die Themse f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Themse)

die Themse (canonical feminine)
der Themse (definite genitive)
Themse (nominative singular)
Themse (genitive singular)
Themse (dative singular)
Themse (accusative singular)

Thames (a river in southeast England, in the United Kingdom, flowing through London)


Nikosia

Nikosia n (proper noun, genitive Nikosias or (optionally with an article) Nikosia)

Nikosias (genitive)
Nikosia (genitive with-article)


Memel

die Memel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Memel)

die Memel (canonical feminine)
der Memel (definite genitive)

the Memel, the Neman (a river in Lithuania that runs by this city)


Neukaledonien

Neukaledonien n (proper noun, genitive Neukaledoniens or (optionally with an article) Neukaledonien)

Neukaledoniens (genitive)
Neukaledonien (genitive with-article)

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Melanesia)


Tiflis

Tiflis n (proper noun, genitive Tiflis' or (with an article) Tiflis)

Tiflis' (genitive)
Tiflis (genitive)
Tbilissi (alternative bureaucratese uncommon)

From such forms as older Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís), Ottoman Turkish تفلیس (tiflis), Persian تفلیس (teflis).

Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)


Algier

Algier n (proper noun, genitive Algiers or (optionally with an article) Algier)

Algiers (genitive)
Algier (genitive with-article)


Sibirien

Sibirien n (proper noun, genitive Sibiriens or (optionally with an article) Sibirien)

Sibiriens (genitive)
Sibirien (genitive with-article)
Sibirien (nominative singular)
Sibiriens (genitive singular)
Sibirien (dative singular)
Sibirien (accusative singular)


Böhmen

Böhmen n (proper noun, genitive Böhmens or (optionally with an article) Böhmen)

Böhmens (genitive)
Böhmen (genitive with-article)
Bohemien (alternative obsolete)

Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic)


Pressburg

Pressburg n (proper noun, genitive Pressburgs or (optionally with an article) Pressburg)

Pressburgs (genitive)
Pressburg (genitive with-article)
Pressburg (nominative singular)
Pressburgs (genitive singular)
Pressburg (dative singular)
Pressburg (accusative singular)
Preßburg (alternative)

(historical) Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)


Schonen

Schonen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Schonens)

From Old Frankish *Sconaowe, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula

Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)


Neapel

Neapel n (proper noun, genitive Neapels or (optionally with an article) Neapel)

Neapels (genitive)
Neapel (genitive with-article)

From earlier Neapol, apocopic form of Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “Newtown”). Doublet of Nablus.


Florenz

de-proper noun

Florenz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Florenz' or Florenzens or (with article) Florenz)

Florenz' (genitive)
Florenzens (genitive)
Florenz (genitive)

From Middle High German Florentze, ultimately from Latin Florentia, possibly through Old French or some northern Italian dialect.

Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)

Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy)


Walachei

Walachei f (proper noun, genitive Walachei)

Moravian Wallachia
Moravian Wallachia#English

Wallachia, Moravian Wallachia (a cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia)


Weichsel

de-noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

Weichsel (genitive)
Weichseln (plural)
Weichsel (nominative singular)
Weichseln (definite nominative plural)
Weichsel (genitive singular)
Weichseln (definite genitive plural)
Weichsel (dative singular)
Weichseln (dative definite plural)
Weichsel (accusative singular)
Weichseln (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō.

(now Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)


Burgund

de-proper noun

Burgund n (proper noun, genitive Burgunds or (optionally with an article) Burgund)

Burgunds (genitive)
Burgund (genitive with-article)

administrative region
administrative region

Burgundy (a historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)


Karelien

Karelien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kareliens)

Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)

Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia)


Tschetschenien

Tschetschenien n (proper noun, genitive Tschetscheniens or (optionally with an article) Tschetschenien)

Tschetscheniens (genitive)
Tschetschenien (genitive with-article)

Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)


Andalusien

Andalusien n (proper noun, genitive Andalusiens or (optionally with an article) Andalusien)

Andalusiens (genitive)
Andalusien (genitive with-article)
Andalusien (nominative singular)
Andalusiens (genitive singular)
Andalusien (dative singular)
Andalusien (accusative singular)

autonomous community
autonomous community

Andalusia (a historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain)


Ligurien

Ligurien n (proper noun, genitive Liguriens or (optionally with an article) Ligurien)

Liguriens (genitive)
Ligurien (genitive with-article)
Ligurien (nominative singular)
Liguriens (genitive singular)
Ligurien (dative singular)
Ligurien (accusative singular)

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Kappadokien

Kappadokien n (proper noun, genitive Kappadokiens or (optionally with an article) Kappadokien)

Kappadokiens (genitive)
Kappadokien (genitive with-article)

Cappadocia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey)


Masuren

Masuren n (proper noun, genitive Masurens or (optionally with an article) Masuren)

Masurens (genitive)
Masuren (genitive with-article)

Masuria (an area in northeastern Poland)


Hennegau

der Hennegau m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Hennegaus)

der Hennegau (canonical masculine)
des Hennegaus (definite genitive)
Hennegau (definite nominative singular)
Hennegaus (definite genitive singular)
Hennegau (dative definite singular)
Hennegau (accusative definite singular)

From Henne (“Henne river”) + Gau (“region, countship”).


Mexiko-Stadt

de-proper noun

Mexiko-Stadt n (proper noun, strong, genitive (awkward) Mexiko-Stadts or (with an article) Mexiko-Stadt)

Mexiko-Stadts (genitive)
Mexiko-Stadt (genitive)


Stettin

Stettin n (proper noun, genitive Stettins or (optionally with an article) Stettin)

Stettins (genitive)
Stettin (genitive with-article)

Stettin, Szczecin (a city in West Pomerania voivodeship, Poland)


Abchasien

Abchasien n (proper noun, genitive Abchasiens or (optionally with an article) Abchasien)

Abchasiens (genitive)
Abchasien (genitive with-article)
Abchasien (nominative singular)
Abchasiens (genitive singular)
Abchasien (dative singular)
Abchasien (accusative singular)

international community
international community

Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community)


Eriwan

Eriwan n (proper noun, genitive Eriwans or (optionally with an article) Eriwan)

Eriwans (genitive)
Eriwan (genitive with-article)
Jerewan (alternative)

Probably from Russian Эрива́нь (Erivánʹ). That was city’s name in Russian till 1936.


Umbrien

Umbrien n (proper noun, genitive Umbriens or (optionally with an article) Umbrien)

Umbriens (genitive)
Umbrien (genitive with-article)
Umbrien (definite nominative singular)
Umbriens (definite genitive singular)
Umbrien (definite genitive singular with-article)
Umbrien (dative definite singular)
Umbrien (accusative definite singular)

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Korfu

Korfu n (proper noun, genitive Korfus or (optionally with an article) Korfu)

Korfus (genitive)
Korfu (genitive with-article)


Flandern

Flandern n (proper noun, strong, genitive Flanderns)

Flanders (two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders)


Breslau

Breslau n (proper noun, genitive Breslaus or (optionally with an article) Breslau)

Breslaus (genitive)
Breslau (genitive with-article)

Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Wrocław.

Wrocław, Breslau (a city in Lower Silesia, Poland)


Semit

de-noun

Semit m (weak, genitive Semiten, plural Semiten)

Semiten (genitive)
Semiten (plural)
Semit (nominative singular)
Semiten (definite nominative plural)
Semiten (genitive singular)
Semiten (definite genitive plural)
Semiten (dative singular)
Semiten (dative definite plural)
Semiten (accusative singular)
Semiten (accusative definite plural)

Russian: семи́т (semít)

Ukrainian: семі́т (semít)

Coined by members of the Göttingen School of History in the 1770s, after the biblical name Sem (“Shem”).


Sankt Petersburg

de-proper noun

Sankt Petersburg n (proper noun, genitive Sankt Petersburgs or (optionally with an article) Sankt Petersburg)

Sankt Petersburgs (genitive)
Sankt Petersburg (genitive with-article)
Sankt Petersburg (definite nominative singular)
Sankt Petersburgs (definite genitive singular)
Sankt Petersburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sankt Petersburg (dative definite singular)
Sankt Petersburg (accusative definite singular)

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English:_Q656

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)


Herzegowina

Herzegowina n (proper noun, strong, genitive Herzegowina)

Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Waldenburg

Waldenburg n (proper noun, genitive Waldenburgs or (optionally with an article) Waldenburg)

Waldenburgs (genitive)
Waldenburg (genitive with-article)
Waldenburg (definite nominative singular)
Waldenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Waldenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Waldenburg (dative definite singular)
Waldenburg (accusative definite singular)

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

Wałbrzych (a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)


Tripolis

Tripolis n (proper noun, genitive Tripolis' or (with an article) Tripolis)

Tripolis' (genitive)
Tripolis (genitive)


Neu-Delhi

Neu-Delhi n (proper noun, genitive Neu-Delhis or (optionally with an article) Neu-Delhi)

Neu-Delhis (genitive)
Neu-Delhi (genitive with-article)


Hebriden

Hebriden (definite nominative plural)
Hebriden (definite genitive plural)
Hebriden (dative definite plural)
Hebriden (accusative definite plural)


Kirgisien

Kirgisien n (proper noun, genitive Kirgisiens or (optionally with an article) Kirgisien)

Kirgisiens (genitive)
Kirgisien (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Russian Кирги́зия (Kirgízija).

bor+

synonym of Kirgisistan: Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Arabien

de-proper noun

Arabien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Arabiens, plural Arabien)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

[…] Warhafftige Beschreibung Der ansehlich Lobwürdigen Reyß, Welche der Edel, gestreng und weiterfahrne Ritter, H. Ludwig di Barthema von Bononien aus Italia bürtig, Inn die Orientalische und Morgenländer, Syrien, beide Arabien, Persien und Indien, auch in Egypten und Ethyopien, zu Land und Wasser persönlich verrichtet […]

1610, Hodęporicon Indiae orientalis. Warhafftige Beschreibung Der ansehlich Lobwürdigen Reyß, Welche der Edel, gestreng und weiterfahrne Ritter, H. Ludwig di Barthema von Bononien aus Italia bürtig, Inn die Orientalische und Morgenländer, Syrien, beide Arabien, Persien und Indien, auch in Egypten und Ethyopien, zu Land und Wasser persönlich verrichtet: Neben eigentlicher Vermeldung Vielerley Wunderbahren Sachen, so er darinnen gesehen und erfahren, Alß da seynd mannigfaltige sorten von Thieren und Gewächsen, Deßgleichen allerhand Völcker sitten, Leben, Polycey, Glauben, Ceremonien unnd gebräuch, sampt anderer seltzamen denckwürdigen dingen, daselbst zu sehen: Und endlich, Was er für angst, noht und gefahr in der Heidenschafft vieler ort außgestanden: Alles von ihme H. Barthema selber in Italianischer Sprach schrifftlich verfasst, und nu aus dem Original mit sonderm fleiß verdeutzscht, Mit Kupfferstücken artlich geziert, und auffs new in Truck verfertiget: Durch Hieronymum Megiserum, title page:

1842, Eine alte Haus-Postille. Das ist: Erklärung aller sonn- und festtäglichen Evangelien und Episteln des ganzen Kirchen-Jahres. Zur Förderung der häuslichen Andacht; insonderheit zum Frommen des Landmannes und der gemeinen Bürger in den Städten; zum Besten der Volksschullehrer und des neu angehenden Clerus. Neu bearbeitet und herausgegeben von einem ehemaligen Pfarrer und Jubiläus der Diöcese Augsburg. Nebst einem oberhirtlich approbirten Anhange: Lesungen über die heil. Gebräuche und Ceremonien der katholischen Kirche, nach dem Laufe des Kirchenjahres von P. Petrus Lechner, page 423

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Das wüste Arabien liegt zwischen Aegypten und Judäa, gegen Morgen, durch welches Moyses die Kinder Israel führte: das steinigte oder felsigte Arabien stößt an Judäa gegen Morgen und ist ein großes Land; von diesen beiden Arabien thut der Prophet keine Meldung; das glückliche Arabien liegt ferne von Judäa, jenseits der obigen Länder; Saba und Epha ist ein Theil des glücklichen Arabiens.

(broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


Bergkarabach

Bergkarabach n (proper noun, genitive Bergkarabachs or (optionally with an article) Bergkarabach)

Bergkarabachs (genitive)
Bergkarabach (genitive with-article)

From Berg (“mountain”) + Karabach (“Karabakh”), partial calque of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx).

pcal

Наго́рный Караба́х

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic#English

(loosely) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de-facto independent country, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan)


Britisch-Kolumbien

de-proper noun

Britisch-Kolumbien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Britisch-Kolumbiens)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English:_Q1973

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)


Kalabrien

Kalabrien n (proper noun, genitive Kalabriens or (optionally with an article) Kalabrien)

Kalabriens (genitive)
Kalabrien (genitive with-article)
Kalabrien (nominative singular)
Kalabriens (genitive singular)
Kalabrien (dative singular)
Kalabrien (accusative singular)

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Tschuwaschien

Tschuwaschien n (proper noun, genitive Tschuwaschiens or (optionally with an article) Tschuwaschien)

Tschuwaschiens (genitive)
Tschuwaschien (genitive with-article)

Chuvashia (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in Eastern Europe)


Asturien

Asturien n (proper noun, genitive Asturiens or (optionally with an article) Asturien)

Asturiens (genitive)
Asturien (genitive with-article)

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)


Neufundland

Neufundland n (proper noun, genitive Neufundlands or (optionally with an article) Neufundland)

Neufundlands (genitive)
Neufundland (genitive with-article)
Neufundland (definite nominative singular)
Neufundlands (definite genitive singular)
Neufundland (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neufundland (dative definite singular)
Neufundland (accusative definite singular)

Calque of English Newfoundland. By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Fund (“a find, discovery”) + Land (“land”). The middle part can also be interpreted as the root of the past participle gefunden (“found”).

surface analysis

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

Newfoundland (a large island of the coast of eastern Canada, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)


Lothringen

de-proper noun

Lothringen n (proper noun, genitive Lothringens or (optionally with an article) Lothringen)

Lothringens (genitive)
Lothringen (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Lutringen, derived from the genitive form of Old High German Ludher (“Lothar”) + Old High German -ing, Old High German -inga.

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Lothar</i>

Lorraine (a cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region)


Piemont

de-proper noun

Piemont n (proper noun, genitive Piemonts or (optionally with an article) Piemont)

Piemonts (genitive)
Piemont (genitive with-article)
Piemont (nominative singular)
Piemonts (genitive singular)
Piemont (dative singular)
Piemont (accusative singular)

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Livland

Livland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Livlands)

Livlands (genitive)
Liefland (alternative)


Kurland

Kurland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kurlands)


Aragonien

Aragonien n (proper noun, genitive Aragoniens or (optionally with an article) Aragonien)

Aragoniens (genitive)
Aragonien (genitive with-article)

Aragon (an autonomous community and medieval kingdom in northeastern Spain)


Kastilien

Kastilien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kastiliens)

Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)


Polynesien

Polynesien n (proper noun, genitive Polynesiens or (optionally with an article) Polynesien)

Polynesiens (genitive)
Polynesien (genitive with-article)

Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)


Neuguinea

Neuguinea n (proper noun, genitive Neuguineas or (optionally with an article) Neuguinea)

Neuguineas (genitive)
Neuguinea (genitive with-article)

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

New Guinea (the world's second-largest island, politically divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)


Azoren

Azoren (definite nominative plural)
Azoren (definite genitive plural)
Azoren (dative definite plural)
Azoren (accusative definite plural)

Azores (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal)


Neuengland

Neuengland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Neuenglands)

Neuenglands (genitive)
Neuengland (nominative singular)
Neuenglands (genitive singular)
Neuengland (dative singular)
Neuengland (accusative singular)

neu + England, calque of English New England.

New England (a geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)


Galicien

Galicien n (proper noun, genitive Galiciens or (optionally with an article) Galicien)

Galiciens (genitive)
Galicien (genitive with-article)

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

Die Kanaren und Galicien erhalten mehr Investitionen, das Baskenland endlich Kompetenzen, die seit 1979 im Autonomiestatut stehen, aber nie transferiert wurden.

2023 November 16, Reiner Wandler, “Regierungsbildung in Spanien: Nochmal vier Jahre Sánchez”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain)


Euphrat

der Euphrat m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Euphrat or des Euphrats)

der Euphrat (canonical masculine)
des Euphrat (definite genitive)
des Euphrats (definite genitive)

From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (ʰUfrātuš).

Euphrates (a river in Iraq, Syria and Turkey in Mesopotamia)


Numidien

Numidien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Numidiens)

(historical) Numidia (a historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya)


Olmütz

Olmütz n (proper noun, genitive Olmütz' or (with an article) Olmütz)

Olmütz' (genitive)
Olmütz (genitive)
Olmütz (definite nominative singular)
Olmütz' (definite genitive singular)
Olmütz (definite genitive singular)
Olmütz (dative definite singular)
Olmütz (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Olemutz, from Old Czech Olomuc. Compare modern Czech Olomouc.

Thaddäus Slaviček oder Slawiczek […] Die Studien machte er in Olmütz, und im Alter von 23 Jahren trat er 1742 in das Stift der regulirten Chorherren des h. Augustin zu Allerheiligen in Olmütz.

1856, “Slaviček, Thaddäus”, in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, 11th edition, volume 35, Wien: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von L. C. Zamarski, page 132:


Slawonien

Slawonien n (proper noun, genitive Slawoniens or (optionally with an article) Slawonien)

Slawoniens (genitive)
Slawonien (genitive with-article)


Dalmatien

Dalmatien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Dalmatiens)

Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)

(historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)


Hirschberg

Hirschberg n (proper noun, genitive Hirschbergs or (optionally with an article) Hirschberg)

Hirschbergs (genitive)
Hirschberg (genitive with-article)
Hirschberg (definite nominative singular)
Hirschbergs (definite genitive singular)
Hirschberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Hirschberg (dative definite singular)
Hirschberg (accusative definite singular)

[ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]

Jelenia Góra (a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)


Tarent

Tarent n (proper noun, genitive Tarents or (optionally with an article) Tarent)

Tarents (genitive)
Tarent (genitive with-article)


Karpaten

die Karpaten pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

die Karpaten (canonical plural)
Karpaten (definite nominative plural)
Karpaten (definite genitive plural)
Karpaten (dative definite plural)
Karpaten (accusative definite plural)

Carpathians (a mountain range in Central Europe and Eastern Europe)


Galizien

Galizien n (proper noun, genitive Galiziens or (optionally with an article) Galizien)

Galiziens (genitive)
Galizien (genitive with-article)

Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)


Galiläa

Galiläa n (proper noun, genitive Galiläas or (optionally with an article) Galiläa)

Galiläas (genitive)
Galiläa (genitive with-article)

Galilee (a mountainous geographic region in northern Israel)


Grusinien

Grusinien n (proper noun, genitive Grusiniens or (optionally with an article) Grusinien)

Grusiniens (genitive)
Grusinien (genitive with-article)

Georgia (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)


Laibach

Laibach n (proper noun, genitive Laibachs or (optionally with an article) Laibach)

Laibachs (genitive)
Laibach (genitive with-article)

(now chiefly Austria) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)


Gizeh

Gizeh n (proper noun, strong, genitive Gizehs)

Gizehs (genitive)
Giseh (alternative uncommon)
Gisa (alternative rare)
Gise (alternative rare)

From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza), of uncertain origin.


Bithynien

Bithynien n (proper noun, genitive Bithyniens or (optionally with an article) Bithynien)

Bithyniens (genitive)
Bithynien (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Latin Bithynia, from Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 1 Peter 1:1 (with KJV translation)

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

Petrus, ein Apostel Jesu Christi, den erwählten Fremdlingen hin und her in Pontus, Galatien, Kappadozien, Asien und Bithynien

(historical) Bithynia (a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)


Karmel

der Karmel m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Karmel or des Karmels)

der Karmel (canonical masculine)
des Karmel (definite genitive)
des Karmels (definite genitive)


Akarnanien

Akarnanien n (proper noun, genitive Akarnaniens or (optionally with an article) Akarnanien)

Akarnaniens (genitive)
Akarnanien (genitive with-article)

From Latin Acarnānia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía).


Tschenstochau

Tschenstochau n (proper noun, genitive Tschenstochaus or (optionally with an article) Tschenstochau)

Tschenstochaus (genitive)
Tschenstochau (genitive with-article)


Habesch

der Habesch m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Habesch or des Habeschs)

Habesch n (proper noun, genitive Habeschs or (optionally with an article) Habesch)

der Habesch (canonical masculine)
des Habesch (definite genitive)
des Habeschs (definite genitive)
Habeschs (genitive)
Habesch (genitive with-article)
Habesch (definite nominative singular)
Habesch (definite genitive singular)
Habeschs (definite genitive singular)
Habesch (dative definite singular)
Habesch (accusative definite singular)
Habesch (definite nominative singular)
Habeschs (definite genitive singular)
Habesch (definite genitive singular with-article)
Habesch (dative definite singular)
Habesch (accusative definite singular)
Habasch (alternative)
Chabesch (alternative)
Chabasch (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَبَش (al-ḥabaš).

bor+

Selbst solche verhältnismäßig späte Ereignisse wie die Semitisierung von Habesch, welche kaum anders als durch eine Einwanderung von Südarabien aus zu erklären ist, darf man kaum zeitlich berechnen wollen.

1879, Theodor Nöldeke, “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, page 1265

Even such relatively late occurrences like the Semitization of Abyssinia, which cannot well be explained other than by immigration from South Arabia, one can hardly calculate dates for.

(archaic) Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)


Plowdiw

de-proper noun

Plowdiw n (proper noun, genitive Plowdiws or (optionally with an article) Plowdiw)

Plowdiws (genitive)
Plowdiw (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Bulgarian Пло́вдив (Plóvdiv).


Französisch-Polynesien

de-proper noun

Französisch-Polynesien n (proper noun, genitive Französisch-Polynesiens or (optionally with an article) Französisch-Polynesien)

Französisch-Polynesiens (genitive)
Französisch-Polynesien (genitive with-article)

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

French Polynesia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Kolophon

Kolophon n (proper noun, genitive Kolophons or (optionally with an article) Kolophon)

Kolophons (genitive)
Kolophon (genitive with-article)
Kolophon (definite nominative singular)
Kolophons (definite genitive singular)
Kolophon (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kolophon (dative definite singular)
Kolophon (accusative definite singular)

Colophon (a historical city in Ancient Greece)


Apulien

Apulien n (proper noun, genitive Apuliens or (optionally with an article) Apulien)

Apuliens (genitive)
Apulien (genitive with-article)
Apulien (nominative singular)
Apuliens (genitive singular)
Apulien (dative singular)
Apulien (accusative singular)

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Tangute

de-noun

Tangute m (weak, genitive Tanguten, plural Tanguten, feminine Tangutin)

Tanguten (genitive)
Tanguten (plural)
Tangutin (feminine)
Tangute (nominative singular)
Tanguten (definite nominative plural)
Tanguten (genitive singular)
Tanguten (definite genitive plural)
Tanguten (dative singular)
Tanguten (dative definite plural)
Tanguten (accusative singular)
Tanguten (accusative definite plural)

Die von Natur feigen Mongolen von Kuku-noor können sich nicht einmal mit bewaffneter Hand gegen diese Angriffe vertheidigen, weil nach einem von den Tanguten aufgestellten Gesetz ein Mongole, der einen Tanguten tödtet, der Familie des Getödteten die enorme Geldstrafe von 1000 Lan zu zahlen hat. Ist der Mörder arm, muss der ganze Stamm die Strafe für ihn erlegen.

1874, Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie, volume 20, Perthes, page 45:

Tangut (member of the Tangut people of male or unspecified sex)


Brandeis

de-proper noun

Brandeis n (proper noun, genitive Brandeis' or (with an article) Brandeis)

Brandeis' (genitive)
Brandeis (genitive)

Sah ich's etwa nicht selbst mit an, / Als ich zu Brandeis die Wach' getan, / Wie ihm der Kaiser selbsten erlaubt, / Zu bedecken sein fürstlich Haupt?

1799, Friedrich Schiller, Wallenstein's Lager [Wallenstein's Camp] (Wallenstein trilogy):

a city in Bohemia, Czech Republic: Brandýs.


Weißenburg

Weißenburg n (proper noun, genitive Weißenburgs or (optionally with an article) Weißenburg)

Weißenburgs (genitive)
Weißenburg (genitive with-article)
Weißenburg (definite nominative singular)
Weißenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Weißenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Weißenburg (dative definite singular)
Weißenburg (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Wizzenburc (1036), from Old High German Uuizinburc (867). Equivalent to weiß (“white”) + -en- + Burg (“town”).

(obsolete) synonym of Alba Iulia (city in Romania) (used in the 16th and 17th centuries)


Kyjiw

Kyjiw n (proper noun, genitive Kyjiws or (optionally with an article) Kyjiw)

Kyjiws (genitive)
Kyjiw (genitive with-article)

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2025 May 28, Maria Fiedler, Florian Gathmann, Matthias Gebauer, Alexander Sarovic, “Kein Taurus, aber…”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:


Pandschab

das/der Pandschab n or m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Pandschab or des Pandschabs)

das (canonical masculine neuter)
der Pandschab (canonical masculine neuter)
des Pandschab (definite genitive)
des Pandschabs (definite genitive)
Pandschab (definite nominative singular)
Pandschab (definite genitive singular)
Pandschabs (definite genitive singular)
Pandschab (dative definite singular)
Pandschab (accusative definite singular)

Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)


Wurzen

Wurzen n (proper noun, genitive Wurzens or (optionally with an article) Wurzen)

Wurzens (genitive)
Wurzen (genitive with-article)

(now chiefly Austria) Podkoren (a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in Slovenia)


Wolhynien

Wolhynien n (proper noun, genitive Wolhyniens or (optionally with an article) Wolhynien)

Wolhyniens (genitive)
Wolhynien (genitive with-article)
Wolhynien (nominative singular)
Wolhyniens (genitive singular)
Wolhynien (dative singular)
Wolhynien (accusative singular)
Wolynien (alternative)
Volhinien (alternative obsolete)
Volinien (alternative obsolete)
Volhynien (alternative obsolete)
Volynien (alternative obsolete)
Wolhinien (alternative obsolete)
Wolhünien (alternative obsolete)
Wolinien (alternative obsolete)
Wolünien (alternative obsolete)

(historical) Volhynia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus)


Lauterburg

Lauterburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lauterburgs or (with an article) Lauterburg, feminine genitive Lauterburg, plural Lauterburgs)

Lauterburgs (genitive masculine)
Lauterburg (genitive masculine)
Lauterburg (feminine genitive)
Lauterburgs (plural)

[ˈlaʊ̯tɐˌbʊʁk]

From Middle High German Luterburch. From lauter in its oldest sense “clean, clear (of water)” + Burg (“town”).

a surname transferred from the place name


Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt

Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt n (proper noun, genitive Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadts or (optionally with an article) Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt)

Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadts (genitive)
Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (genitive with-article)

Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.

cal

Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City#English


Brügge

de-proper noun

Brügge n (proper noun, genitive Brügges or (optionally with an article) Brügge)

Brügges (genitive)
Brügge (genitive with-article)
Brügge (definite nominative singular)
Brügges (definite genitive singular)
Brügge (definite genitive singular with-article)
Brügge (dative definite singular)
Brügge (accusative definite singular)

Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders, Belgium)

a municipality of Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Any of various smaller places across Northern Germany