Nürnberg

Nürnberg n (proper noun, genitive Nürnbergs or (optionally with an article) Nürnberg)

Nürnbergs (genitive)
Nürnberg (genitive with-article)
Nürnberg (definite nominative singular)
Nürnbergs (definite genitive singular)
Nürnberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Nürnberg (dative definite singular)
Nürnberg (accusative definite singular)

/ˈnʏɐ̯nbɛɐ̯k/

From Old High German Norenberg, Nŏrenberc, Nuorenberc. The second element of the compound is Berg (“mountain”); the meaning of the first element is unknown.

Nuremberg (a major city in Bavaria, Germany)


Thüringen

de-proper noun

Thüringen n (proper noun, genitive Thüringens or (optionally with an article) Thüringen)

Thüringens (genitive)
Thüringen (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Duringa.
From the name of the Thüringer (“Thuringians”), a people who are attested since at least 480 when Sidonius Apollinaris mentions them (as Toringus m), and potentially earlier around 150 when Ptolemy mentions the Τευριοχαῖμαι (Teuriokhaîmai). Their name was traditionally connected to that of the Hermunduren, but this is discredited by modern etymologists on phonological grounds; instead, a connection to the Turones is sometimes proposed. Grahn-Hoek alternatively proposes a connection to the Thervingi (authors have at least mixed up the two groups since ancient times on account of the similarity of their names), particularly a subgroup living along the Τύρας (Túras).

Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen


Hessen

Hessen n (proper noun, genitive Hessens or (optionally with an article) Hessen)

Hessens (genitive)
Hessen (genitive with-article)
Hessen (definite nominative singular)
Hessens (definite genitive singular)
Hessen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Hessen (dative definite singular)
Hessen (accusative definite singular)
Hesse (alternative)

Originally the dative plural of Hesse m (“Hessian”), meaning "(the land) by the Hessians".

Die westfränkische Mundart zieht sich durch beide Hessen nordwärts ins Nassauische, weiter westwärts in die Rheinpfalz bis über den Rhein hinüber.

1836, Max Wilhelm Götzinger, Die deutsche Spache und ihre Literatur. Erster Band. Die deutsche Sprache, page 67:


Sachsen

Sachsen n (proper noun, genitive Sachsens or (optionally with an article) Sachsen)

Sachsens (genitive)
Sachsen (genitive with-article)

Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands)

Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)


Bochum

Bochum n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bochums)

From Middle Low German bôchêm, bôkhêm, equivalent to bôke, bö̂ke (“beech”) + hêm (“home”). Doublet of Buchheim. The suffix was reduced to [əm] (see -em) and then backed under influence of the preceding velar. The [x] may go back to spelling pronunciation or influence by a Central German dialect. It could also be a native development [kh] → [x] as in Dutch lichaam, but the popular form in Westphalian Low German is Baukem.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Bochum (an independent city in Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Leverkusen

Leverkusen n (proper noun, genitive Leverkusens or (optionally with an article) Leverkusen)

Leverkusens (genitive)
Leverkusen (genitive with-article)

Named after the hamlet Leverkusen near Remscheid, the family estate of chemical industrialist Carl Leverkus (1804–1889), whose factory caused the development of the city, which lies some 25 km to the south-west. The name of the hamlet goes back to older Laverinckhusen and is thus a doublet of Leveringhausen (name of three places in Westphalia).

Leverkusen (an independent city in Rhineland and Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany)

Carl Leverkus
Leverkusen
Remscheid
de:Leverkusen


Solingen

Solingen n (proper noun, genitive Solingens or (optionally with an article) Solingen)

Solingens (genitive)
Solingen (genitive with-article)
Solingen (definite nominative singular)
Solingens (definite genitive singular)
Solingen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Solingen (dative definite singular)
Solingen (accusative definite singular)

Einige wollen behaupten, dasz die Urväter der jetzigen Fabrikanten aus Steyermark ins Herzogthum Berg gezogen, andere behaupten, dasz dieselben aus dem Elsasz dorthin gekommen seyen, woselbst ein Dorf befindlich ist, welches Sellingen [sic] heiszt, und wovon der Name Solingen seinen Ursprung habe.

1808, Vollständige Beschreibung der Schwert-, Messer- und übrigen Stahl-Fabriken zu Solingen, im Herzogthum Berg, page 13:

Some people want to claim that the ancestors of the present manufacturers moved from Styria to the Duchy of Berg, others claim that the same came there from Alsace, where a village is located, which is called Sellingen [sic] and of which the name Solingen had its origin.

Solingen (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Wuppertal

Wuppertal n (proper noun, genitive Wuppertals or (optionally with an article) Wuppertal)

Wuppertals (genitive)
Wuppertal (genitive with-article)
Wuppertal (definite nominative singular)
Wuppertals (definite genitive singular)
Wuppertal (definite genitive singular with-article)
Wuppertal (dative definite singular)
Wuppertal (accusative definite singular)

Wuppertal (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Remscheid

Remscheid n (proper noun, genitive Remscheids or (optionally with an article) Remscheid)

Remscheids (genitive)
Remscheid (genitive with-article)
Remscheid (definite nominative singular)
Remscheids (definite genitive singular)
Remscheid (definite genitive singular with-article)
Remscheid (dative definite singular)
Remscheid (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Remscheit. The second element of the compound is Scheide in the sense of Wasserscheide (“watershed”).

Remscheid (an independent town in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen n (proper noun, genitive Wermelskirchens or (optionally with an article) Wermelskirchen)

Wermelskirchens (genitive)
Wermelskirchen (genitive with-article)
Wermelskirchen (definite nominative singular)
Wermelskirchens (definite genitive singular)
Wermelskirchen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Wermelskirchen (dative definite singular)
Wermelskirchen (accusative definite singular)

[ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩]

From Middle Low German Werenboldeskirken (around the year 1150).

Wermelskirchen (a city in western Germany)


Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt n (proper noun, genitive Ingolstadts or (optionally with an article) Ingolstadt)

Ingolstadts (genitive)
Ingolstadt (genitive with-article)

/ ˈɪŋɡɔlˌʃtat/

From Old High German Ingoldesstat (literally “Ingold’s city”).

der

Ingolstadt (an independent city on the River Danube in Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, in southern Germany)


Regensburg

de-proper noun

Regensburg n (proper noun, genitive Regensburgs or (optionally with an article) Regensburg)

Regensburgs (genitive)
Regensburg (genitive with-article)

[ˈʁeːɡn̩sˌbʊʁk]

The first element was first attested as Regino and Reginum in the 3rd and 4th century. A Castra Regina was mentioned around 400.
The Latin term is derived from Regana, the name of the river Regen which empties into the Danube at Regensburg. The second element corresponds to Burg. The New Latin form Reginopolis was created by Renaissance Humanists.

Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate#English

Regensburg, Ratisbon (an independent city, the administrative seat of the Upper Palatinate region, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate region, Germany)

a rural district of the Upper Palatinate region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Regensburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Curaçao

Curaçao n (proper noun, genitive Curaçaos or (optionally with an article) Curaçao)

Curaçaos (genitive)
Curaçao (genitive with-article)

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela)


Moschee

de-noun

Moschee f (genitive Moschee, plural Moscheen)

Moschee (genitive)
Moscheen (plural)
Moschee (nominative singular)
Moscheen (definite nominative plural)
Moschee (genitive singular)
Moscheen (definite genitive plural)
Moschee (dative singular)
Moscheen (dative definite plural)
Moschee (accusative singular)
Moscheen (accusative definite plural)

→ Lower Sorbian: mošeja

Borrowed from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”).


Dubai

de-proper noun

Dubai n (proper noun, genitive Dubais or (optionally with an article) Dubai)

Dubais (genitive)
Dubai (genitive with-article)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate)

Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)


Homburg

Homburg n (proper noun, genitive Homburgs or (optionally with an article) Homburg)

Homburgs (genitive)
Homburg (genitive with-article)
Homburg (definite nominative singular)
Homburgs (definite genitive singular)
Homburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Homburg (dative definite singular)
Homburg (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German hœhe (“elevation”) + burc (“fortification, castle”). Equivalent to Höhenburg (“hill castle”).

a town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland

a municipality of Frauenfeld district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland


Kloster

de-noun

Kloster n (strong, genitive Klosters, plural Klöster, diminutive Klösterchen n or Klösterlein n)

Klosters (genitive)
Klöster (plural)
Klösterchen (diminutive neuter)
Klösterlein (diminutive neuter)
Kloster (nominative singular)
Klöster (definite nominative plural)
Klosters (genitive singular)
Klöster (definite genitive plural)
Kloster (dative singular)
Klöstern (dative definite plural)
Kloster (accusative singular)
Klöster (accusative definite plural)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: клоштер, клоштар

Latin script: klošter, kloštar

From Old High German klōstar, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *clōstrum, Medieval Latin claustrum.


Platten

de-proper noun

Platten n (proper noun, genitive Plattens or (optionally with an article) Platten)

Plattens (genitive)
Platten (genitive with-article)

a municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Blatno (a village in the Czech Republic)


Düne

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

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

Via Middle Low German from Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūna, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ. Middle Dutch origin is assured by the German -ü- (compare Süden). The more common Middle Low German form was dûne (with a back vowel -u-); this form may be originally Low German or an earlier borrowing from Dutch. Compare modern Dutch duin.

Düne (island near Heligoland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Synagoge

de-noun

Synagoge f (genitive Synagoge, plural Synagogen)

Synagoge (genitive)
Synagogen (plural)
Synagoge (nominative singular)
Synagogen (definite nominative plural)
Synagoge (genitive singular)
Synagogen (definite genitive plural)
Synagoge (dative singular)
Synagogen (dative definite plural)
Synagoge (accusative singular)
Synagogen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German sinagoge, from Latin synagoga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ). Used in German texts since the 12th century, but mainly a learned word. The popular term was Judenschule; compare Yiddish שול (shul).


Wolfsburg

de-proper noun

Wolfsburg n (proper noun, genitive Wolfsburgs or (optionally with an article) Wolfsburg)

Wolfsburgs (genitive)
Wolfsburg (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Wolvesborch. By surface analysis, Wolf (“wolf”) + -s- + Burg (“castle”). The name originally referred exclusively to Wolfsburg Castle. The city was only founded in 1938 under the name Stadt des KdF-Wagens (after the prototype of the later VW Beetle). In 1945, the Allies renamed the city after the castle.

surface analysis

Wolfsburg (an independent city in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany)

VW Beetle
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg Castle
de:KdF-Wagen
de:Wolfsburg


Bottrop

de-proper noun

Bottrop n (proper noun, genitive Bottrops or (optionally with an article) Bottrop)

Bottrops (genitive)
Bottrop (genitive with-article)

Bottrop (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Rheine

Rheine n (proper noun, genitive Rheines or (optionally with an article) Rheine)

Rheines (genitive)
Rheine (genitive with-article)


Westerland

Westerland n (proper noun, genitive Westerlands or (optionally with an article) Westerland)

Westerlands (genitive)
Westerland (genitive with-article)


Sylt

Sylt n (proper noun, genitive Sylts or (optionally with an article) Sylt)

Sylts (genitive)
Sylt (genitive with-article)

From Old Frisian Silendi (literally “sea-land”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi + *land. Doublet of Seeland.

der

Sylt gilt als Lieblingsinsel der Schönen und Reichen.

Sylt is considered the favourite island of the rich and beautiful.

Sylt (an island of the North Sea in Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Kreta

de-proper noun

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

Kretas (genitive)
Kreta (genitive with-article)

administrative region
administrative region

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

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


Helgoland

Helgoland n (proper noun, genitive Helgolands or (optionally with an article) Helgoland)

Helgolands (genitive)
Helgoland (genitive with-article)

Possibly from the phrase heiliges Land (holy land) and related to the island's consecration to Forseti.

Heligoland (an archipelago of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in the North Sea)


Totes Meer

Totes Meer n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite nominative das Tote Meer, definite genitive des Toten Meeres or des Toten Meers)

das Tote Meer (definite nominative)
des Toten Meeres (definite genitive)
des Toten Meers (definite genitive)
Totes Meer (nominative strong)
Toten Meeres (genitive strong)
Toten Meers (genitive strong)
Totem Meer (dative strong)
Totem Meere (dative strong)
Totes Meer (accusative strong)
Tote Meer (nominative weak)
Toten Meeres (genitive weak)
Toten Meers (genitive weak)
Toten Meer (dative weak)
Toten Meere (dative weak)
Tote Meer (accusative weak)
Totes Meer (mixed nominative)
Toten Meeres (genitive mixed)
Toten Meers (genitive mixed)
Toten Meer (dative mixed)
Toten Meere (dative mixed)
Totes Meer (accusative mixed)

Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)


Bodensee

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

der Bodensee (canonical masculine)
des Bodensees (definite genitive)
Bodensee (definite nominative singular)
Bodensees (definite genitive singular)
Bodensee (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bodensee (dative definite singular)
Bodensee (accusative definite singular)

Boden (“sea bottom”) + See. Cognate with Alemannic German Bodesee.


Genfersee

der Genfersee m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Genfersee or des Genfersees)

der Genfersee (canonical masculine)
des Genfersee (definite genitive)
des Genfersees (definite genitive)
Genfersee (definite nominative singular)
Genfersee (definite genitive singular)
Genfersees (definite genitive singular)
Genfersee (dative definite singular)
Genfersee (accusative definite singular)
Genfer See (alternative Austria Germany)

[ˈɡɛnfɐˌzeː]

(Switzerland) Lake Geneva (a large lake in Switzerland)


Braunschweig

Braunschweig n (proper noun, genitive Braunschweigs or (optionally with an article) Braunschweig)

Braunschweigs (genitive)
Braunschweig (genitive with-article)

/ˈbʁaʊ̯nˌʃvaɪ̯k/

/ˈbʁaʊ̯nˌʃvaɪ̯ç/

From Middle Low German Brûnswîke, from brûn (“brown”) + wîk (“town”). The modern form is an improper adaptation to High German; the phonetically correct form Braunsweich (cf. Weichbild) is attested in Early Modern German.

Braunschweig, Brunswick (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)


Ramstein-Miesenbach

Ramstein-Miesenbach n (proper noun, genitive Ramstein-Miesenbachs or (optionally with an article) Ramstein-Miesenbach)

Ramstein-Miesenbachs (genitive)
Ramstein-Miesenbach (genitive with-article)

Ramstein-Miesenbach (a municipality of Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern n (proper noun, genitive Kaiserslauterns or (optionally with an article) Kaiserslautern)

Kaiserslauterns (genitive)
Kaiserslautern (genitive with-article)
Kaiserslautern (definite nominative singular)
Kaiserslauterns (definite genitive singular)
Kaiserslautern (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kaiserslautern (dative definite singular)
Kaiserslautern (accusative definite singular)

From Kaiser (“emperor (in reference to Frederick Barbarossa)”) + -s- + Lauter (the river on which the city was built) + -n (old dative ending).

af

Kaiserslautern (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate)

a rural district of Rhineland-Palatinate, partially surrounding but not including the town of Kaiserslautern, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Aschaffenburg

de-proper noun

Aschaffenburg n (proper noun, genitive Aschaffenburgs or (optionally with an article) Aschaffenburg)

Aschaffenburgs (genitive)
Aschaffenburg (genitive with-article)
Aschaffenburg (definite nominative singular)
Aschaffenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Aschaffenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Aschaffenburg (dative definite singular)
Aschaffenburg (accusative definite singular)

LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schönitzer (WMDE)-Aschaffenburg.wav

From Old High German Ascaffaburc (literally “castle on the Aschaff River”)

der

Aschaffenburg (a large independent town in the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Aschaffenburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Danzig

de-proper noun

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)

Sibiu (the capital city of Sibiu County in Transylvania, Romania)

Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region#English

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


Glückstadt

Glückstadt n (proper noun, genitive Glückstadts or (optionally with an article) Glückstadt)

Glückstadts (genitive)
Glückstadt (genitive with-article)

Glückstadt (a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Donau

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

die Donau (canonical feminine)
der Donau (definite genitive)
Dunau (alternative obsolete)
Tonau (alternative obsolete)
Dhonau (alternative obsolete)
Thonau (alternative obsolete)
Donaw (alternative obsolete)
Dunaw (alternative obsolete)
Dhonaw (alternative obsolete)
Tonaw (alternative obsolete)
Tunaw (alternative obsolete)
Thonaw (alternative obsolete)
Thunaw (alternative obsolete)

→ Chinese: 多瑙 (Duōnǎo)

→ Danish: Donau

→ Dutch: Donau

→ Icelandic: Dóná

→ Japanese: ドナウ (Donau)

→ Low German: Donau

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Donau

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Donau

→ Swedish: Donau

Attested in this form at least since 1544. From earlier Donaw (since 1530s, D under Low German influence), from earlier Tonaw (since late 15th c., o possibly also under Low German influence), from Middle High German Tuonawe, perhaps under Slavic influence, from earlier Tuonowe, Tuonow, from Old High German Tuonouwa, from something like Proto-West Germanic *Dōnauwju (cf. Middle Low German Dônouwe, Dônouw), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz paretymologically attracted to *auwju (“floodplain, meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river, river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

der

Aposteln nach der länge anzeigen; fiengan den christlichen glauben von dem jüdischen land aus allenthalben in die heydenschafft durch das römische Reich biß an die Donau, das ist, in den landen, die den Römern oder damahls ihren Kaysern unterworffen waren, zu predigen.

1544, Lorenz Fries, Historie, Nahmen, Geschlecht, Wesen, Thaten, gantz Leben und Sterben der gewesenen Bischoffen zu Wirtzburg und Hertzogen zu Francken:

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Weser

de-proper noun

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

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


Mosel

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

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

Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany)


Havel

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

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


Kanarische Inseln

Kanarische Inseln f pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite, definite plural die Kanarischen Inseln)

die Kanarischen Inseln (definite plural)
Kanarische Inseln (nominative strong)
Kanarischer Inseln (genitive strong)
Kanarischen Inseln (dative strong)
Kanarische Inseln (accusative strong)
Kanarischen Inseln (nominative weak)
Kanarischen Inseln (genitive weak)
Kanarischen Inseln (dative weak)
Kanarischen Inseln (accusative weak)
Kanarischen Inseln (mixed nominative)
Kanarischen Inseln (genitive mixed)
Kanarischen Inseln (dative mixed)
Kanarischen Inseln (accusative mixed)

/kaˌnaːʁɪʃə ˈʔɪnzl̩n/

Canary Islands
Canary Islands#English:_Q5813

autonomous community
autonomous community

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco)


Schweiz

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

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

From Schwyz, the canton for which Switzerland is named.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Tiergarten

Tiergarten n (proper noun, genitive Tiergartens or (optionally with an article) Tiergarten)

Tiergartens (genitive)
Tiergarten (genitive with-article)

/ˈtiːɐ̯ˌɡaʁtn̩/

From Tier (“animal”) + Garten (“garden”). Cognate with Dutch diergaarde (“zoo”).


Genf

Genf n (proper noun, genitive Genfs or (optionally with an article) Genf)

Genfs (genitive)
Genf (genitive with-article)
GE (alternative)

Geneva (the capital city of Genf canton, Switzerland)


Sernf

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

der Sernf (canonical masculine)
des Sernfs (definite genitive)

From a Pre-Germanic *Sarnivos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”) frequently found in river names.

Sernf (a right tributary of the Linth in Glarus canton, Switzerland)


Rumänien

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

Rumäniens (genitive)
Rumänien (genitive with-article)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Südafrika

Südafrika n (proper noun, genitive Südafrikas or (optionally with an article) Südafrika)

Südafrikas (genitive)
Südafrika (genitive with-article)
Südafrika (definite nominative singular)
Südafrikas (definite genitive singular)
Südafrika (definite genitive singular with-article)
Südafrika (dative definite singular)
Südafrika (accusative definite singular)

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


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)

Republik Moldova
Republik Moldova#German

(common but unofficial) Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official names: Republik Moldau (Germany and Austria) and Republik Moldova (Switzerland))

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)


Tempel

de-noun

Tempel m (strong, genitive Tempels, plural Tempel, diminutive Tempelchen n)

Tempels (genitive)
Tempel (plural)
Tempelchen (diminutive neuter)
Tempel (nominative singular)
Tempel (definite nominative plural)
Tempels (genitive singular)
Tempel (definite genitive plural)
Tempel (dative singular)
Tempeln (dative definite plural)
Tempel (accusative singular)
Tempel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German tempel, from Old High German tempal, from Proto-West Germanic *templ (“temple”).


Südkorea

de-proper noun

Südkorea n (proper noun, genitive Südkoreas or (optionally with an article) Südkorea)

Südkoreas (genitive)
Südkorea (genitive with-article)
Südkorea (definite nominative singular)
Südkoreas (definite genitive singular)
Südkorea (definite genitive singular with-article)
Südkorea (dative definite singular)
Südkorea (accusative definite singular)


Augsburg

Augsburg n (proper noun, genitive Augsburgs or (optionally with an article) Augsburg)

Augsburgs (genitive)
Augsburg (genitive with-article)
Augsburg (definite nominative singular)
Augsburgs (definite genitive singular)
Augsburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Augsburg (dative definite singular)
Augsburg (accusative definite singular)

Augsburg (an independent city, the administrative seat of the Swabia region, Bavaria, in southern Germany)

a rural district of the Swabia region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the city of Augsburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Jever

Jever n (proper noun, genitive Jevers or (optionally with an article) Jever)

Jevers (genitive)
Jever (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Geveren, Gaveren.

Jever (a town, the administrative seat of Friesland district, Lower Saxony, Germany)


Potsdam

Potsdam n (proper noun, genitive Potsdams or (optionally with an article) Potsdam)

Potsdams (genitive)
Potsdam (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Poztupimi, from Slavic; compare Lower Sorbian Podstupim.

Potsdam (an independent city in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin)

Potsdam (a village and town in New York, United States)


Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen n (proper noun, genitive Gelsenkirchens or (optionally with an article) Gelsenkirchen)

Gelsenkirchens (genitive)
Gelsenkirchen (genitive with-article)
Gelsenkirchen (definite nominative singular)
Gelsenkirchens (definite genitive singular)
Gelsenkirchen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Gelsenkirchen (dative definite singular)
Gelsenkirchen (accusative definite singular)

/ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən/

[ˌɡɛl.zn̩ˈkɪɐ̯.çn̩]

From Middle Low German Gelstenkerken, Geilistirinkirkin

Gelsenkirchen (an independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Recklinghausen

Recklinghausen n (proper noun, genitive Recklinghausens or (optionally with an article) Recklinghausen)

Recklinghausens (genitive)
Recklinghausen (genitive with-article)

Recklinghausen (a city and rural district in the Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Sambia

Sambia n (proper noun, genitive Sambias or (optionally with an article) Sambia)

Sambias (genitive)
Sambia (genitive with-article)


Pfalz

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

die Pfalz (canonical feminine)
der Pfalz (definite genitive)
Pfalz (nominative singular)
Pfalz (genitive singular)
Pfalz (dative singular)
Pfalz (accusative singular)
Pfaltz (alternative obsolete)

→ Dutch: palts

From Old High German pfalinza, borrowed from Medieval Latin palātium.

Ich komme aus der Pfalz.

Palatinate (a region in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Schwarzwald

der Schwarzwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Schwarzwalds or des Schwarzwaldes)

der Schwarzwald (canonical masculine)
des Schwarzwalds (definite genitive)
des Schwarzwaldes (definite genitive)
Schwarzwald (definite nominative singular)
Schwarzwalds (definite genitive singular)
Schwarzwaldes (definite genitive singular)
Schwarzwald (dative definite singular)
Schwarzwalde (dative definite singular)
Schwarzwald (accusative definite singular)

From schwarz (“dark”) + Wald (“forest”), an older general term for coniferous forests.

Black Forest (a mountainous region in southwestern Germany)


Stör

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

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


Sumer

Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)


Gütersloh

Gütersloh n (proper noun, genitive Güterslohs or (optionally with an article) Gütersloh)

Güterslohs (genitive)
Gütersloh (genitive with-article)

From a Low German form of Günther + Old Saxon lōh (“clearing, meadow”) (modern High German Loh (“grove”))

Gütersloh (a city and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Ahaus

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

Ahaus (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Ahlen

Ahlen n (proper noun, genitive Ahlens or (optionally with an article) Ahlen)

Ahlens (genitive)
Ahlen (genitive with-article)

Ahlen (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Kapelle

de-noun

Kapelle f (genitive Kapelle, plural Kapellen)

Kapelle (genitive)
Kapellen (plural)
Kapelle (nominative singular)
Kapellen (definite nominative plural)
Kapelle (genitive singular)
Kapellen (definite genitive plural)
Kapelle (dative singular)
Kapellen (dative definite plural)
Kapelle (accusative singular)
Kapellen (accusative definite plural)

→ English: capelle, kapelle

→ Polish: kapela


Cayenne

de-proper noun

Cayenne n (proper noun, genitive Cayennes or (optionally with an article) Cayenne)

Cayennes (genitive)
Cayenne (genitive with-article)

Cayenne (the capital city of French Guiana department)


Ketten

Ketten n (proper noun, genitive Kettens or (optionally with an article) Ketten)

Kettens (genitive)
Ketten (genitive with-article)

Chotyně (a village in the Czech Republic)


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)


Greifswald

de-proper noun

Greifswald n (proper noun, genitive Greifswalds or (optionally with an article) Greifswald)

Greifswalds (genitive)
Greifswald (genitive with-article)

From Greif (“gryphon”) + -s- + Wald (“forest”), a calque of Low German Griepswold or its Middle Low German ancestor.

af

Greifswald (a town, the administrative seat of Vorpommern-Greifswald district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)


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)


Waldbröl

Waldbröl n (proper noun, genitive Waldbröls or (optionally with an article) Waldbröl)

Waldbröls (genitive)
Waldbröl (genitive with-article)

a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Arno

der Arno m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Arno or des Arnos)

der Arno (canonical masculine)
des Arno (definite genitive)
des Arnos (definite genitive)
Arno (definite nominative singular)
Arno (definite genitive singular)
Arnos (definite genitive singular)
Arno (dative definite singular)
Arno (accusative definite singular)

Borrowed from Italian Arno, from Latin Arnus.


Timișoara

Timișoara n (proper noun, genitive Timișoaras or (optionally with an article) Timișoara)

Timișoaras (genitive)
Timișoara (genitive with-article)


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)


Demokratische Republik Kongo

die Demokratische Republik Kongo f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Demokratischen Republik Kongo)

die Demokratische Republik Kongo (canonical feminine)
der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (definite genitive)
DRK (alternative initialism)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)


Mauern

Mauern n (proper noun, genitive Mauerns or (optionally with an article) Mauern)

Mauerns (genitive)
Mauern (genitive with-article)
Mauern (definite nominative singular)
Mauerns (definite genitive singular)
Mauern (definite genitive singular with-article)
Mauern (dative definite singular)
Mauern (accusative definite singular)

a town in Freising district, Bavaria, Germany


Wahlen

Wahlen n (proper noun, genitive Wahlens or (optionally with an article) Wahlen)

Wahlens (genitive)
Wahlen (genitive with-article)


Nordrhein-Westfalen

Nordrhein-Westfalen n (proper noun, genitive Nordrhein-Westfalens or (optionally with an article) Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Nordrhein-Westfalens (genitive)
Nordrhein-Westfalen (genitive with-article)

North Rhine-Westphalia (a state in western Germany)


Niedersachsen

Niedersachsen n (proper noun, genitive Niedersachsens or (optionally with an article) Niedersachsen)

Niedersachsens (genitive)
Niedersachsen (genitive with-article)

Lower Saxony (a state in northwest Germany)


Rheinland-Pfalz

Rheinland-Pfalz n (proper noun, genitive Rheinland-Pfalz' or (with an article) Rheinland-Pfalz)

Rheinland-Pfalz' (genitive)
Rheinland-Pfalz (genitive)

Rhineland-Palatinate (a state in western Germany)


Sachsen-Anhalt

Sachsen-Anhalt n (proper noun, genitive Sachsen-Anhalts or (optionally with an article) Sachsen-Anhalt)

Sachsen-Anhalts (genitive)
Sachsen-Anhalt (genitive with-article)

Saxony-Anhalt (a state in central Germany)


Gouda

Gouda n (proper noun, genitive Goudas or (optionally with an article) Gouda)

Goudas (genitive)
Gouda (genitive with-article)
Gouda (definite nominative singular)
Goudas (definite genitive singular)
Gouda (definite genitive singular with-article)
Gouda (dative definite singular)
Gouda (accusative definite singular)

de:Gouda
de:Gouda (Käse)
de:Gouda (Niederlande)

Gouda (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)


Norderney

Norderney n (proper noun, genitive Norderneys or (optionally with an article) Norderney)

Norderneys (genitive)
Norderney (genitive with-article)
Norderney (definite nominative singular)
Norderneys (definite genitive singular)
Norderney (definite genitive singular with-article)
Norderney (dative definite singular)
Norderney (accusative definite singular)

East Frisian Islands
East Frisian Islands

an island in the Aurich district, Lower Saxony, one of the seven populated East Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany


Tschad

der Tschad m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Tschad or des Tschads)

Tschad n (proper noun, genitive Tschads or (optionally with an article) Tschad)

der Tschad (canonical masculine)
des Tschad (definite genitive)
des Tschads (definite genitive)
Tschads (genitive)
Tschad (genitive with-article)
Tschad (definite nominative singular)
Tschad (definite genitive singular)
Tschads (definite genitive singular)
Tschad (dative definite singular)
Tschad (accusative definite singular)
Tschad (definite nominative singular)
Tschads (definite genitive singular)
Tschad (definite genitive singular with-article)
Tschad (dative definite singular)
Tschad (accusative definite singular)


Kasachstan

Kasachstan n (proper noun, genitive Kasachstans or (optionally with an article) Kasachstan)

Kasachstans (genitive)
Kasachstan (genitive with-article)
Kasachstan (nominative singular)
Kasachstans (genitive singular)
Kasachstan (dative singular)
Kasachstan (accusative singular)

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Republik Kongo

die Republik Kongo f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Republik Kongo)

die Republik Kongo (canonical feminine)
der Republik Kongo (definite genitive)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo)


Grand Canyon

der Grand Canyon m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Grand Canyon or des Grand Canyons)

der Grand Canyon (canonical masculine)
des Grand Canyon (definite genitive)
des Grand Canyons (definite genitive)

Audio

Grand Canyon (a canyon in the United States)


Wiesen

Wiesen n (proper noun, genitive Wiesens or (optionally with an article) Wiesen)

Wiesens (genitive)
Wiesen (genitive with-article)

a community in northwestern Bavaria, Germany


Siebenbürgen

Siebenbürgen n (proper noun, genitive Siebenbürgens or (optionally with an article) Siebenbürgen)

Siebenbürgens (genitive)
Siebenbürgen (genitive with-article)
Siebenbürgen (definite nominative singular)
Siebenbürgens (definite genitive singular)
Siebenbürgen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Siebenbürgen (dative definite singular)
Siebenbürgen (accusative definite singular)

/ˌziːbənˈbʏʁɡən/

From sieben (“seven”) + Burg (“fortress”), literally “[in] seven fortresses”.

af

Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)


Datteln

de-proper noun

Datteln n (proper noun, genitive Dattelns or (optionally with an article) Datteln)

Dattelns (genitive)
Datteln (genitive with-article)
Datteln (definite nominative singular)
Dattelns (definite genitive singular)
Datteln (definite genitive singular with-article)
Datteln (dative definite singular)
Datteln (accusative definite singular)

a town in Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Füssen

Füssen n (proper noun, genitive Füssens or (optionally with an article) Füssen)

Füssens (genitive)
Füssen (genitive with-article)


Rosenheim

Rosenheim n (proper noun, genitive Rosenheims or (optionally with an article) Rosenheim)

Rosenheims (genitive)
Rosenheim (genitive with-article)
Rosenheim (definite nominative singular)
Rosenheims (definite genitive singular)
Rosenheim (definite genitive singular with-article)
Rosenheim (dative definite singular)
Rosenheim (accusative definite singular)

LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schönitzer (WMDE)-Rosenheim.wav

By surface analysis, Rose (“rose”) + -n- + Heim (“home”), although some researchers suspect this is a folk etymology and that the Rosen- element has some other etymology.

surf

Rosenheim (an independent town in the Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria)

a rural district of the Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Rosenheim, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

a municipality of Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate


Landstuhl

de-proper noun

Landstuhl n (proper noun, genitive Landstuhls or (optionally with an article) Landstuhl)

Landstuhls (genitive)
Landstuhl (genitive with-article)

Landstuhl (a town and municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Würzburg

Würzburg n (proper noun, genitive Würzburgs or (optionally with an article) Würzburg)

Würzburgs (genitive)
Würzburg (genitive with-article)
Würzburg (definite nominative singular)
Würzburgs (definite genitive singular)
Würzburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Würzburg (dative definite singular)
Würzburg (accusative definite singular)
Würtzburg (alternative obsolete)

/ˈvʏɐ̯tsbʊɐ̯k/

First attested as Virteburch (704) and Uburzis. The second element corresponds to Burg, but the first element is said to be Celtic. The Medieval Latin form was Herbipolis. Folk etymology later connected it to Würze (“spice, aroma”).

an independent city, the administrative seat of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria

a rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Würzburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Franken

Franken n (proper noun, genitive Frankens or (optionally with an article) Franken)

Frankens (genitive)
Franken (genitive with-article)
Franken (definite nominative singular)
Frankens (definite genitive singular)
Franken (definite genitive singular with-article)
Franken (dative definite singular)
Franken (accusative definite singular)

Originally the dative plural of the ethnonym Franke, meaning bei den Franken (by the Franks).

Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)


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:_Q47588

Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken)

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_Q3995

Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)


Russische Föderation

die Russische Föderation f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Russischen Föderation)

die Russische Föderation (canonical feminine)
der Russischen Föderation (definite genitive)

[ˈʁʊsɪʃə fødeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]

Russian Federation
Russian Federation#English:_Q159

Russian Federation (official name of Russia: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Tschernobyl

Tschernobyl n (proper noun, genitive Tschernobyls or (optionally with an article) Tschernobyl)

Tschernobyls (genitive)
Tschernobyl (genitive with-article)

/tʃɛʁˈnɔbɪl/


Fuchsschwanz

de-noun

Fuchsschwanz m (strong, genitive Fuchsschwanzes, plural Fuchsschwänze)

Fuchsschwanzes (genitive)
Fuchsschwänze (plural)
Fuchsschwanz (nominative singular)
Fuchsschwänze (definite nominative plural)
Fuchsschwanzes (genitive singular)
Fuchsschwänze (definite genitive plural)
Fuchsschwanz (dative singular)
Fuchsschwanze (dative singular)
Fuchsschwänzen (dative definite plural)
Fuchsschwanz (accusative singular)
Fuchsschwänze (accusative definite plural)

Danish: fukssvans

Swedish: fogsvans

From Middle High German vuhsswanz, from Middle Low German vosswanz. By surface analysis, Fuchs (“fox”) + Schwanz (“tail”).


Ratten

de-proper noun

Ratten n (proper noun, genitive Rattens or (optionally with an article) Ratten)

Rattens (genitive)
Ratten (genitive with-article)


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)


Bielefeld

Bielefeld n (proper noun, genitive Bielefelds or (optionally with an article) Bielefeld)

Bielefelds (genitive)
Bielefeld (genitive with-article)
Bielefeld (definite nominative singular)
Bielefelds (definite genitive singular)
Bielefeld (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bielefeld (dative definite singular)
Bielefeld (accusative definite singular)

Unknown. There has been published a multitude about the etymology and it depends on whether early occurrences of resembling toponyms refer to this location, the oldest a Bylanuelde farmland conveyed to Corvey in the mid 9th century, next a Biliuelde in the Vita Meinwerci from the 1160s relating occurrences between 1015 and 1036, then a 12th century Bylivelt; only in the 13th century the name of the town occurs clearly and oftener, following which the foundation year is conventionally reckoned the year 1214. A recent overview of the theories is given by Meineke 2013. The areal extent of the city to which the term refers derives from incorporations in 1900, 1907, 1930, and 1973.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Corvey
de:Bielefeld
de:Bielefeld-Gesetz
de:Vita Meinwerci


Duisburg

Duisburg n (proper noun, genitive Duisburgs or (optionally with an article) Duisburg)

Duisburgs (genitive)
Duisburg (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Tusburch; the first element is of unknown origin, and the second is Burg (“castle, stronghold”).

Duisburg (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Hagen

Hagen n (proper noun, genitive Hagens or (optionally with an article) Hagen)

Hagens (genitive)
Hagen (genitive with-article)
Hagen (definite nominative singular)
Hagens (definite genitive singular)
Hagen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Hagen (dative definite singular)
Hagen (accusative definite singular)

Audio

Audio

Audio

Hagen (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Krefeld

Krefeld n (proper noun, genitive Krefelds or (optionally with an article) Krefeld)

Krefelds (genitive)
Krefeld (genitive with-article)
Krefeld (definite nominative singular)
Krefelds (definite genitive singular)
Krefeld (definite genitive singular with-article)
Krefeld (dative definite singular)
Krefeld (accusative definite singular)
Crefeld (alternative)

From Middle Low German Krinvelde. The first element is of unclear origin; the second is Feld (“field”).

Krefeld (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach n (proper noun, genitive Mönchengladbachs or (optionally with an article) Mönchengladbach)

Mönchengladbachs (genitive)
Mönchengladbach (genitive with-article)
Mönchengladbach (definite nominative singular)
Mönchengladbachs (definite genitive singular)
Mönchengladbach (definite genitive singular with-article)
Mönchengladbach (dative definite singular)
Mönchengladbach (accusative definite singular)
München-Gladbach (alternative dated)
Mönchen-Gladbach (alternative dated)

Originally Monich Gladebach (1300), later Munche-Glaydebach (1348). Equivalent to Mönch (“monk”) + -en- + Gladbach.


Mülheim an der Ruhr

Mülheim an der Ruhr n (proper noun, genitive Mülheims an der Ruhr or (optionally with an article) Mülheim an der Ruhr)

Mülheims an der Ruhr (genitive)
Mülheim an der Ruhr (genitive with-article)

Mülheim an der Ruhr
Mülheim an der Ruhr#English

Mülheim an der Ruhr (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Mülheim an der Ruhr
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Münster

Münster n (proper noun, genitive Münsters or (optionally with an article) Münster)

Münsters (genitive)
Münster (genitive with-article)
Münster (definite nominative singular)
Münsters (definite genitive singular)
Münster (definite genitive singular with-article)
Münster (dative definite singular)
Münster (accusative definite singular)

→ English: Münster

From Middle High German münster, from Old High German munistiuri (8th century), from Vulgar Latin *monisterium, from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion). Cognate with English minster and the doublet monastery, and Sicilian misteri.

Münster (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

(historical) the prince-bishopric based in that city

Munster (a municipality of Alsace, France)


Oberhausen

Oberhausen n (proper noun, genitive Oberhausens or (optionally with an article) Oberhausen)

Oberhausens (genitive)
Oberhausen (genitive with-article)
Oberhausen (definite nominative singular)
Oberhausens (definite genitive singular)
Oberhausen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Oberhausen (dative definite singular)
Oberhausen (accusative definite singular)

/ˈoːbəʁˌhaʊ̯zən/

Oberhausen (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven n (proper noun, genitive Bremerhavens or (optionally with an article) Bremerhaven)

Bremerhavens (genitive)
Bremerhaven (genitive with-article)
Bremerhaven (definite nominative singular)
Bremerhavens (definite genitive singular)
Bremerhaven (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bremerhaven (dative definite singular)
Bremerhaven (accusative definite singular)

From Bremer (“of Bremen”) + Hafen (“harbour”). The Low German spelling Haven was already archaic when the harbour was opened around 1830. It was probably chosen by analogy with Cuxhaven. Compare Wilhelmshaven (founded in 1869).

af

Bremerhaven (a city in Bremen, northwestern Germany)


Amberg

de-proper noun

Amberg n (proper noun, genitive Ambergs or (optionally with an article) Amberg)

Ambergs (genitive)
Amberg (genitive with-article)
Amberg (definite nominative singular)
Ambergs (definite genitive singular)
Amberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Amberg (dative definite singular)
Amberg (accusative definite singular)

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Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate#English

Amberg (an independent town and administrative seat of Amberg-Sulzbach district, Upper Palatinate region, Bavaria, Germany)


Ansbach

Ansbach n (proper noun, genitive Ansbachs or (optionally with an article) Ansbach)

Ansbachs (genitive)
Ansbach (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Onelsbach, from Old High German Onoltespah (literally “Onold’s creek”)

der

Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia#English

Ansbach (an independent town, the administrative seat of the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Ansbach, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Bamberg

de-proper noun

Bamberg n (proper noun, genitive Bambergs or (optionally with an article) Bamberg)

Bambergs (genitive)
Bamberg (genitive with-article)

Bamberg (an independent town in the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Bamberg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Bayreuth

Bayreuth n (proper noun, genitive Bayreuths or (optionally with an article) Bayreuth)

Bayreuths (genitive)
Bayreuth (genitive with-article)
Bayreuth (definite nominative singular)
Bayreuths (definite genitive singular)
Bayreuth (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bayreuth (dative definite singular)
Bayreuth (accusative definite singular)

/baɪ̯ˈʁɔʏ̯t/

/ˈbaɪ̯ʁɔʏ̯t/

From Middle High German Beierrūte. The second component is related to roden (“clear, make arable”); compare toponyms in -rode, -roth, -rade, -rath. The first component is somewhat puzzling. The only connection that suggests itself is with Bayern (“Bavaria”), but Bayreuth is far north of the historically Bavarian territories (which exclude great parts of the modern state, while including most of Austria).

Bayreuth (an independent town in the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

Bayreuth (a rural district of the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Bayreuth, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat)


Coburg

Coburg n (proper noun, genitive Coburgs or (optionally with an article) Coburg)

Coburgs (genitive)
Coburg (genitive with-article)

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The second element is Burg, but the first is unclear; possibly Kuh (“cow”), giving a literal meaning of "cow borough."

Coburg (an independent town in the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Coburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Erlangen

Erlangen n (proper noun, genitive Erlangens or (optionally with an article) Erlangen)

Erlangens (genitive)
Erlangen (genitive with-article)

Erlangen (an independent city in Bavaria, Germany; the administrative seat of Erlangen-Höchstadt district)


Fürth

Fürth n (proper noun, genitive Fürths or (optionally with an article) Fürth)

Fürths (genitive)
Fürth (genitive with-article)
Fürth (definite nominative singular)
Fürths (definite genitive singular)
Fürth (definite genitive singular with-article)
Fürth (dative definite singular)
Fürth (accusative definite singular)

From the East Franconian cognate of standard Furt (“ford”).

Fürth (an independent city in the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria; seat: Zirndorf


Kaufbeuren

Kaufbeuren n (proper noun, genitive Kaufbeurens or (optionally with an article) Kaufbeuren)

Kaufbeurens (genitive)
Kaufbeuren (genitive with-article)
Kaufbeuren (definite nominative singular)
Kaufbeurens (definite genitive singular)
Kaufbeuren (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kaufbeuren (dative definite singular)
Kaufbeuren (accusative definite singular)

/kaʊ̯fˈbɔɪ̯ʁən/

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Kaufbeuren (an independent town in the Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany)


Kempten

Kempten n (proper noun, genitive Kemptens or (optionally with an article) Kempten)

Kemptens (genitive)
Kempten (genitive with-article)
Kempten (definite nominative singular)
Kemptens (definite genitive singular)
Kempten (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kempten (dative definite singular)
Kempten (accusative definite singular)

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From Middle High German Kemptun, from Medieval Latin Campidona, Latin Campodūnum, from Gaulish Καμβοδουνον (Kambodounon), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked”) + *dūnom (“fortress”).

Kempten (Allgäu)
Kempten (Allgäu)#English

Kempten (an independent town in Allgäu, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany; official name: Kempten (Allgäu))


Landshut

Landshut n (proper noun, genitive Landshuts or (optionally with an article) Landshut)

Landshuts (genitive)
Landshut (genitive with-article)
Landshut (definite nominative singular)
Landshuts (definite genitive singular)
Landshut (definite genitive singular with-article)
Landshut (dative definite singular)
Landshut (accusative definite singular)

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Landshut (an independent town, the administrative seat of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Landshut, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Memmingen

Memmingen n (proper noun, genitive Memmingens or (optionally with an article) Memmingen)

Memmingens (genitive)
Memmingen (genitive with-article)
Memmingen (definite nominative singular)
Memmingens (definite genitive singular)
Memmingen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Memmingen (dative definite singular)
Memmingen (accusative definite singular)

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Memmingen (an independent town in the Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany)


Passau

Passau n (proper noun, genitive Passaus or (optionally with an article) Passau)

Passaus (genitive)
Passau (genitive with-article)

Inherited from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German Pazauwa, from Latin (Castra) Batavis, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

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Passau (an independent town in the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Passau, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Schwabach

de-proper noun

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

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

From Middle High German Suabach, from Old High German swāb (“Swabian”) + aha (“river”).

a left tributary of the Rednitz, near the town of Schwabach, Middle Franconia region, Bavaria

a right tributary of the Regnitz in Erlangen, Middle Franconia region, Bavaria


Schwabach

Schwabach n (proper noun, genitive Schwabachs or (optionally with an article) Schwabach)

Schwabachs (genitive)
Schwabach (genitive with-article)
Schwabach (definite nominative singular)
Schwabachs (definite genitive singular)
Schwabach (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schwabach (dative definite singular)
Schwabach (accusative definite singular)

Schwabach (an independent town in the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany)


Schweinfurt

Schweinfurt n (proper noun, genitive Schweinfurts or (optionally with an article) Schweinfurt)

Schweinfurts (genitive)
Schweinfurt (genitive with-article)
Schweinfurt (definite nominative singular)
Schweinfurts (definite genitive singular)
Schweinfurt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schweinfurt (dative definite singular)
Schweinfurt (accusative definite singular)

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From Old High German Suinuurde, of unclear origin. By surface analysis, Schwein (“pig”) + Furt (“ford”), a reanalysis by folk etymology.

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Schweinfurt (an independent town in Bavaria, Germany)

a rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Schweinfurt, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Straubing

de-proper noun

Straubing n (proper noun, genitive Straubings or (optionally with an article) Straubing)

Straubings (genitive)
Straubing (genitive with-article)
Straubing (definite nominative singular)
Straubings (definite genitive singular)
Straubing (definite genitive singular with-article)
Straubing (dative definite singular)
Straubing (accusative definite singular)

/ˈʃtʁaʊ̯bɪŋ/

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From Old High German Strūpinga, from the given name Strūpo.

Straubing (an independent town in the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany, also serving as the administrative seat of Straubing-Bogen district, which however does not include the town)


Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Weiden in der Oberpfalz n (proper noun, genitive Weidens in der Oberpfalz or (optionally with an article) Weiden in der Oberpfalz)

Weidens in der Oberpfalz (genitive)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (genitive with-article)
Weiden i.d.OPf. (abbreviation)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (definite nominative singular)
Weidens in der Oberpfalz (definite genitive singular)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (definite genitive singular with-article)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (dative definite singular)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (accusative definite singular)

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Literally, “Weiden in Upper Palatinate”.

Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Weiden in der Oberpfalz#English

Weiden in der Oberpfalz (an independent town in the Upper Palatinate region, Bavaria, Germany)

Weiden in der Oberpfalz
de:Weiden in der Oberpfalz


Cottbus

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

Cottbus' (genitive)
Cottbus (genitive)
Kottbus (alternative obsolete)

From Lower Sorbian Chóśebuz, from the personal name Chóśebud.

Cottbus (an independent city in Brandenburg, Germany)


Frankfurt an der Oder

Frankfurt an der Oder n (proper noun, genitive Frankfurts an der Oder or (optionally with an article) Frankfurt an der Oder)

Frankfurts an der Oder (genitive)
Frankfurt an der Oder (genitive with-article)
Frankfurt an der Oder (definite nominative singular)
Frankfurts an der Oder (definite genitive singular)
Frankfurt an der Oder (definite genitive singular with-article)
Frankfurt an der Oder (dative definite singular)
Frankfurt an der Oder (accusative definite singular)
Frankfurt a. d. O. (alternative abbreviation)
Frankf. a. d. O. (alternative abbreviation)
Frankfurt a. O. (alternative abbreviation)
Frankfurt a/O. (alternative abbreviation)

Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


Brandenburg an der Havel

Brandenburg an der Havel n (proper noun, genitive Brandenburgs an der Havel or (optionally with an article) Brandenburg an der Havel)

Brandenburgs an der Havel (genitive)
Brandenburg an der Havel (genitive with-article)


Darmstadt

Darmstadt n (proper noun, genitive Darmstadts or (optionally with an article) Darmstadt)

Darmstadts (genitive)
Darmstadt (genitive with-article)

The name first appeared towards the end of the 11th century as Darmundestat, later as Darmstait. Its origins are unknown. It is sometimes stated to derive from the Darmbach (a small stream formerly running through the city). In fact, the stream received its current name much later, after the city.

Darmstadt (an independent city in Hesse, Germany; the administrative seat of Darmstadt-Dieburg district)


Kassel

Kassel n (proper noun, genitive Kassels or (optionally with an article) Kassel)

Kassels (genitive)
Kassel (genitive with-article)
Cassel (alternative)

From Old High German Chassalla, Chassella. Either from Latin castellum or from a native Germanic compound whose second element is Proto-West Germanic *sali (“house, hall”).

der

Kassel (an independent city in northern Hesse, Germany)

a rural district of Hesse, surrounding but not including the city of Kassel, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Offenbach am Main

de-proper noun

Offenbach am Main n (proper noun, genitive Offenbachs am Main or (optionally with an article) Offenbach am Main)

Offenbachs am Main (genitive)
Offenbach am Main (genitive with-article)

Offenbach am Main
Offenbach am Main#English

Offenbach am Main (an independent city in Hesse, Germany, next to the Main)


Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main n (proper noun, genitive Frankfurts am Main or (optionally with an article) Frankfurt am Main)

Frankfurts am Main (genitive)
Frankfurt am Main (genitive with-article)
Frankfurt a. M. (alternative abbreviation)

Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main#English

Frankfurt am Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)


Zwickau

Zwickau n (proper noun, genitive Zwickaus or (optionally with an article) Zwickau)

Zwickaus (genitive)
Zwickau (genitive with-article)

The earliest attested spelling is Zcwickaw in a Latin document from 1118. The word is presumably of Slavic origin, though which Slavic word(s) it comes from are unclear.

Zwickau (a town and rural district of Saxony)

(historical) Cvikov (a town in Česká Lípa district, Liberec Region, Czech Republic)

South Bohemian Region
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(historical) Zvíkov (a municipality and village in Český Krumlov district, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic)


Chemnitz

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

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

Named after the eponymous river, which runs through the city. The river name is derived from Upper Sorbian Kamjenica, from kamjenica (“rock, cobblestone”), a diminutive of kamjeń.

Chemnitz (an independent city in Saxony, Germany)


Görlitz

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

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.

Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Zgorzelec (a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Hoyerswerda

Hoyerswerda n (proper noun, genitive Hoyerswerdas or (optionally with an article) Hoyerswerda)

Hoyerswerdas (genitive)
Hoyerswerda (genitive with-article)
Hoyerswerda (definite nominative singular)
Hoyerswerdas (definite genitive singular)
Hoyerswerda (definite genitive singular with-article)
Hoyerswerda (dative definite singular)
Hoyerswerda (accusative definite singular)

/hɔɪ̯ɐsˈvɛʁda/

Hoyerswerda (an independent city in Saxony, Germany)


Plauen

Plauen n (proper noun, genitive Plauens or (optionally with an article) Plauen)

Plauens (genitive)
Plauen (genitive with-article)
Plauen (definite nominative singular)
Plauens (definite genitive singular)
Plauen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Plauen (dative definite singular)
Plauen (accusative definite singular)

Of Slavic origin; akin to Czech plavný (“smooth”), Upper Sorbian pławny (“navigable”), and Lower Sorbian pławnja (“horse pond”), all from Proto-Slavic *plàviti (“to float”).

Plauen (a town, the administrative seat of Vogtlandkreis district, Saxony, Germany)


Delmenhorst

Delmenhorst n (proper noun, genitive Delmenhorsts or (optionally with an article) Delmenhorst)

Delmenhorsts (genitive)
Delmenhorst (genitive with-article)

an independent town in Lower Saxony, Germany


Emden

Emden n (proper noun, genitive Emdens or (optionally with an article) Emden)

Emdens (genitive)
Emden (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Emuthon, from Old Saxon Amuthon, from aha (“river”) + mūth (“mouth”).


Göttingen

Göttingen n (proper noun, genitive Göttingens or (optionally with an article) Göttingen)

Göttingens (genitive)
Göttingen (genitive with-article)

→ English: Göttingen

From Old Saxon Gutingi, after a creek named Gote.

an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany

a rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany


Oldenburg

Oldenburg n (proper noun, genitive Oldenburgs or (optionally with an article) Oldenburg)

Oldenburgs (genitive)
Oldenburg (genitive with-article)

From Low German old (“old”) + -burg (“castle”).

Oldenburg (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

a rural district of Lower Saxony; seat: Wildeshausen

Oldenburg in Holstein
Oldenburg in Holstein#English

a town in Ostholstein district, Schleswig-Holstein; official name: Oldenburg in Holstein

Oldenburg (a town in Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, United States)


Osnabrück

Osnabrück n (proper noun, genitive Osnabrücks or (optionally with an article) Osnabrück)

Osnabrücks (genitive)
Osnabrück (genitive with-article)
Osnabrück (definite nominative singular)
Osnabrücks (definite genitive singular)
Osnabrück (definite genitive singular with-article)
Osnabrück (dative definite singular)
Osnabrück (accusative definite singular)

From Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase.

der

Osnabrück (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

a rural district of Lower Saxony, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat


Salzgitter

de-proper noun

Salzgitter n (proper noun, genitive Salzgitters or (optionally with an article) Salzgitter)

Salzgitters (genitive)
Salzgitter (genitive with-article)

Salzgitter (an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany)


Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven n (proper noun, genitive Wilhelmshavens or (optionally with an article) Wilhelmshaven)

Wilhelmshavens (genitive)
Wilhelmshaven (genitive with-article)
Wilhelmshaven (definite nominative singular)
Wilhelmshavens (definite genitive singular)
Wilhelmshaven (definite genitive singular with-article)
Wilhelmshaven (dative definite singular)
Wilhelmshaven (accusative definite singular)

From Wilhelm + -s- + Hafen (“harbour”), founded in 1869 and named after Wilhelm I of Prussia. The Low German v-spelling is by analogy with Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven.

Wilhelmshaven (an independent town and port in Lower Saxony, Germany)


Trier

Trier n (proper noun, genitive Triers or (optionally with an article) Trier)

Triers (genitive)
Trier (genitive with-article)

English: Trier

From Latin (Augusta) Trēverōrum, named for the Gaulish Trēverī, a local tribe of Gauls.

Trier (an independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; the administrative seat of Trier-Saarburg district, which however does not include the city)


Koblenz

Koblenz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Koblenz' or (rare) Koblenzens or (with an article) Koblenz)

Koblenz' (genitive)
Koblenzens (genitive rare)
Koblenz (genitive)
Koblenz (definite nominative singular)
Koblenz' (definite genitive singular)
Koblenz (definite genitive singular)
Koblenz (dative definite singular)
Koblenz (accusative definite singular)
Coblentz (alternative archaic)
Coblenz (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German Kobelenz, from local Kovelenz (cf. contemporary Central Franconian Kowwelenz), from Old High German, from Latin Confluentes, referring to the confluence of Rhine and Moselle.

Koblenz (an independent city in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Landau in der Pfalz

Landau in der Pfalz n (proper noun, genitive Landaus in der Pfalz or (optionally with an article) Landau in der Pfalz)

Landaus in der Pfalz (genitive)
Landau in der Pfalz (genitive with-article)

Landau in der Pfalz
Landau in der Pfalz#English

Landau in der Pfalz (an independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Landau in der Pfalz
de:Landau in der Pfalz


Pirmasens

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

Pirmasens' (genitive)
Pirmasens (genitive)

From Old High German Pirminiseusna, named after Saint Pirmin.

Pirmasens (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, also serving as the administrative seat of Südwestpfalz district, which however does not include the town)


Speyer

Speyer n (proper noun, genitive Speyers or (optionally with an article) Speyer)

Speyers (genitive)
Speyer (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Spīra, from Proto-Germanic *spīrǭ (“peak, summit”). Replaced the Latin name Noviomagus, which is of Celtic origin (Proto-Celtic *nowiyos (“new”) + *magos (“field”)).

Speyer (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Zweibrücken

Zweibrücken n (proper noun, genitive Zweibrückens or (optionally with an article) Zweibrücken)

Zweibrückens (genitive)
Zweibrücken (genitive with-article)
Zweibrücken (definite nominative singular)
Zweibrückens (definite genitive singular)
Zweibrücken (definite genitive singular with-article)
Zweibrücken (dative definite singular)
Zweibrücken (accusative definite singular)

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From Middle High German Zweinbrücken (literally “two bridges”). By surface analysis, zwei (“two”) + Brücken (“bridges”).

surf

Zweibrücken (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Flensburg

de-proper noun

Flensburg n (proper noun, genitive Flensburgs or (optionally with an article) Flensburg)

Flensburgs (genitive)
Flensburg (genitive with-article)

an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


Neumünster

Neumünster n (proper noun, genitive Neumünsters or (optionally with an article) Neumünster)

Neumünsters (genitive)
Neumünster (genitive with-article)
Neumünster (definite nominative singular)
Neumünsters (definite genitive singular)
Neumünster (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neumünster (dative definite singular)
Neumünster (accusative definite singular)

From neu (“new”) + Münster (“monastery”). Calque of Latin Novum Monasterium.

Neumünster (an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg n (proper noun, genitive Neubrandenburgs or (optionally with an article) Neubrandenburg)

Neubrandenburgs (genitive)
Neubrandenburg (genitive with-article)

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte#German

Neubrandenburg (a town, the administrative seat of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


Schwerin

Schwerin n (proper noun, genitive Schwerins or (optionally with an article) Schwerin)

Schwerins (genitive)
Schwerin (genitive with-article)

Ultimately from Slavic; contains the place name suffix -in.

Schwerin (an independent city, the state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


Stralsund

Stralsund n (proper noun, genitive Stralsunds or (optionally with an article) Stralsund)

Stralsunds (genitive)
Stralsund (genitive with-article)

First mentioned as Stralesund in 1240.
The first element strał (“arrow”) is derived from a West Slavic language, the second element Sund (“sound, strait”) is of Germanic origin.

Stralsund (an independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


Wismar

Wismar n (proper noun, genitive Wismars or (optionally with an article) Wismar)

Wismars (genitive)
Wismar (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Visemêr, of Unknown origin.

Wismar (a town, the administrative seat of Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


Eisenach

Eisenach n (proper noun, genitive Eisenachs or (optionally with an article) Eisenach)

Eisenachs (genitive)
Eisenach (genitive with-article)
Eisenach (definite nominative singular)
Eisenachs (definite genitive singular)
Eisenach (definite genitive singular with-article)
Eisenach (dative definite singular)
Eisenach (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Īsinacha, from īsen (“iron”) (from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn) + acha (“river”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ahu).

Eisenach (a town, the administrative seat of Wartburgkreis district, Thuringia, Germany)


Gera

Gera n (proper noun, genitive Geras or (optionally with an article) Gera)

Geras (genitive)
Gera (genitive with-article)

Gera (an independent town in Thuringia, Germany)


Suhl

Suhl n (proper noun, genitive Suhls or (optionally with an article) Suhl)

Suhls (genitive)
Suhl (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Sulaha, of which the second element is aha (“river, water”).

Suhl (an independent town in Thuringia, Germany)


Auschwitz

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

Auschwitz' (genitive)
Auschwitz (genitive)

[ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s]

[ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s]

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

(slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


Leiden

Leiden n (proper noun, genitive Leidens or (optionally with an article) Leiden)

Leidens (genitive)
Leiden (genitive with-article)

Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)


Kode

Kode n (proper noun, genitive Kodes or (optionally with an article) Kode)

Kodes (genitive)
Kode (genitive with-article)


Moldau

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

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

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


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)

Das unter anderem für den Weinanbau bekannte Land Moldau liegt zwischen der Ukraine und Rumänien im politischen Spannungsfeld zwischen Russland und der EU.

2020 November 2, “Moldaus Präsident Dodon verliert ersten Wahlgang”, in Spiegel:

Moldova, a country known for its winegrowing among other things, is located between Ukraine and Romania in the politically tense area between Russia and the EU.

(officialese, Germany, Austria) Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

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)

Moldava (a municipality and village in the Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic)

Moldava nad Bodvou
Moldava nad Bodvou#English

Moldau an der Bodwa
Moldau an der Bodwa#German

Moldava nad Bodvou (a town in the Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia; full German name Moldau an der Bodwa)


Moldau

Vltava (a major river in the Czech Republic)


Panamakanal

Panamakanal m (proper noun, strong, genitive Panamakanals)

Panamakanals (genitive)
Panamakanal (nominative singular)
Panamakanals (genitive singular)
Panamakanal (dative singular)
Panamakanal (accusative singular)


Kaschmir

Kaschmir n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kaschmirs)

Borrowed from Hindi [Term?] / Urdu [Term?]; see Kashmir for more.

Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)


Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam n (proper noun, genitive Brunei Darussalams or (optionally with an article) Brunei Darussalam)

Brunei Darussalams (genitive)
Brunei Darussalam (genitive with-article)

Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam#English:_Q921

Brunei Darussalam (the official name of Brunei, a country in Southeast Asia)


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 geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)

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


Konstantinopel

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)


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)


Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Machu Picchus or (with an article) Machu Picchu)

Machu Picchus (genitive)
Machu Picchu (genitive)


Königsberg

Königsberg n (proper noun, genitive Königsbergs or (optionally with an article) Königsberg)

Königsbergs (genitive)
Königsberg (genitive with-article)
Königsberg (nominative singular)
Königsbergs (genitive singular)
Königsberg (genitive singular)
Königsberg (dative singular)
Königsberg (accusative singular)

/ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɐ̯k/

From König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

(historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia), now known as Kaliningrad

Ottokar II of Bohemia
de:Königsberg (Preußen)


Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika pl (proper noun, plural only, definite plural die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika)

die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (definite plural)
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (nominative strong)
Vereinigter Staaten von Amerika (genitive strong)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (dative strong)
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (accusative strong)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (nominative weak)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (genitive weak)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (dative weak)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (accusative weak)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (mixed nominative)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (genitive mixed)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (dative mixed)
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (accusative mixed)
Ver. St. v. A. (alternative abbreviation)
VSA (alternative abbreviation)

/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nɪçtə ˈʃtaːtn̩ fɔn aˈmeːʁika/

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Arnstein

Arnstein n (proper noun, genitive Arnsteins or (optionally with an article) Arnstein)

Arnsteins (genitive)
Arnstein (genitive with-article)
Arnstein (definite nominative singular)
Arnsteins (definite genitive singular)
Arnstein (definite genitive singular with-article)
Arnstein (dative definite singular)
Arnstein (accusative definite singular)

a town in Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

a town in Main-Spessart district, Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany


Pilsen

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

Pilsens (genitive)
Pilsen (genitive with-article)


Kathedrale

de-noun

Kathedrale f (genitive Kathedrale, plural Kathedralen)

Kathedrale (genitive)
Kathedralen (plural)
Kathedrale (nominative singular)
Kathedralen (definite nominative plural)
Kathedrale (genitive singular)
Kathedralen (definite genitive plural)
Kathedrale (dative singular)
Kathedralen (dative definite plural)
Kathedrale (accusative singular)
Kathedralen (accusative definite plural)

From Kathedralkirche, from Latin ecclesia cathedralis.


Xanten

de-proper noun

Xanten n (proper noun, genitive Xantens or (optionally with an article) Xanten)

Xantens (genitive)
Xanten (genitive with-article)
Santen (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German Sante(n), from Latin Sanctos (literally “(at) the saints”). The spelling with initial X- first appears in Latin texts of the 10th century. One theory links it with Ancient Greek Ξάνθος (Xánthos), the gods’ name for the Scamander river near Troy according to the Iliad. This theory is based on the fact that there was indeed a well-attested mediaeval legend equating Xanten with Troy. The inherited local pronunciation is Santen /ˈsan.tən/, but it has now been widely displaced by the spelling pronunciation. Xanten is the only German locality in X- (though there are a few Bavarian ones in Gs-, also pronounced with /ks/).

der

Meronyms: Birten, Lüttingen, Marienbaum, Wardt

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Xanten (a town in Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Rheinland

de-proper noun

das Rheinland n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Rheinlands or des Rheinlandes)

das Rheinland (canonical neuter)
des Rheinlands (definite genitive)
des Rheinlandes (definite genitive)

→ Dutch: Rijnland

→ English: Rhineland

→ Russian: Рейнланд (Rejnland)

Rhineland (geographical region in western Germany, roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province)


Methoni

Methoni (a town in Messinia prefecture, in southwestern Greece)

Methoni (a town in Pieria prefecture, in north-central Greece)


Pieria

Pieria n (proper noun, genitive Pierias or (optionally with an article) Pieria)

Pierias (genitive)
Pieria (genitive with-article)
Pieria (definite nominative singular)
Pierias (definite genitive singular)
Pieria (definite genitive singular with-article)
Pieria (dative definite singular)
Pieria (accusative definite singular)

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

Pieria (a regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece)

(historical) Pieria (a Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey)


Lublin

Lublin n (proper noun, genitive Lublins or (optionally with an article) Lublin)

Lublins (genitive)
Lublin (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Polish Lublin. Final stress after German placenames in -in (like Berlin, Schwerin, Templin). The same syllable is also stressed in Polish inflected forms.


Rügen

Rügen n (proper noun, genitive Rügens or (optionally with an article) Rügen)

Rügens (genitive)
Rügen (genitive with-article)

Rügen (an island of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, located in the Baltic Sea; the largest island of Germany)


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)


Westerwald

der Westerwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Westerwalds or des Westerwaldes)

der Westerwald (canonical masculine)
des Westerwalds (definite genitive)
des Westerwaldes (definite genitive)

From West (“west”) + -er- + Wald (“forest”)

Westerwald (a low mountain range in western Germany)


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)


Eder

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

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


Kanton

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)


Raab

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

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

Rába (a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary, a tributary of the Danube)


Raab

Raab n (proper noun, genitive Raabs or (optionally with an article) Raab)

Raabs (genitive)
Raab (genitive with-article)

(Raab, Austria): → English: Raab

Raab (a municipality of Upper Austria, Austria)

Győr (a city, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county, in northwest Hungary)


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

a number of small places in Bavaria, and other states of Germany


Halikarnassos

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

Halikarnassos' (genitive)
Halikarnassos (genitive)

Halicarnassus (ancient Greek city in Caria in modern Turkey; modern Bodrum)


Buchheim

Buchheim n (proper noun, genitive Buchheims or (optionally with an article) Buchheim)

Buchheims (genitive)
Buchheim (genitive with-article)
Buchheim (definite nominative singular)
Buchheims (definite genitive singular)
Buchheim (definite genitive singular with-article)
Buchheim (dative definite singular)
Buchheim (accusative definite singular)

Toponym from various sources, often equivalent to Buche (“beech”) + -heim (“home”). Older forms include the Upper Saxon East Central German Bucheym, Old High German Bôuchheim and Old High German Puachheim. Related to German Puchheim

one of two municipalities in Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Zentralafrikanische Republik

die Zentralafrikanische Republik f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Zentralafrikanischen Republik)

die Zentralafrikanische Republik (canonical feminine)
der Zentralafrikanischen Republik (definite genitive)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Enger

Enger n (proper noun, genitive Engers or (optionally with an article) Enger)

Engers (genitive)
Enger (genitive with-article)
Enger (definite nominative singular)
Engers (definite genitive singular)
Enger (definite genitive singular with-article)
Enger (dative definite singular)
Enger (accusative definite singular)

a town in Herford district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Wilna

Wilna n (proper noun, genitive Wilnas or (optionally with an article) Wilna)

Wilnas (genitive)
Wilna (genitive with-article)


Vereinigtes Königreich

Vereinigtes Königreich n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite nominative das Vereinigte Königreich, definite genitive des Vereinigten Königreichs or des Vereinigten Königreiches)

das Vereinigte Königreich (definite nominative)
des Vereinigten Königreichs (definite genitive)
des Vereinigten Königreiches (definite genitive)
Vereinigtes Königreich (nominative strong)
Vereinigten Königreichs (genitive strong)
Vereinigten Königreiches (genitive strong)
Vereinigtem Königreich (dative strong)
Vereinigtem Königreiche (dative strong)
Vereinigtes Königreich (accusative strong)
Vereinigte Königreich (nominative weak)
Vereinigten Königreichs (genitive weak)
Vereinigten Königreiches (genitive weak)
Vereinigten Königreich (dative weak)
Vereinigten Königreiche (dative weak)
Vereinigte Königreich (accusative weak)
Vereinigtes Königreich (mixed nominative)
Vereinigten Königreichs (genitive mixed)
Vereinigten Königreiches (genitive mixed)
Vereinigten Königreich (dative mixed)
Vereinigten Königreiche (dative mixed)
Vereinigtes Königreich (accusative mixed)

/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nɪçtəs ˈkøːnɪçˌʁaɪ̯ç/

/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nɪktəs ˈkøːnɪkˌʁaɪ̯ç/

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#English:_Q145

United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


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)


Cookinseln

Cookinseln pl (proper noun, plural only)

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

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (an archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


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 (a province in eastern Canada)


Löwen

Löwen n (proper noun, genitive Löwens or (optionally with an article) Löwen)

Löwens (genitive)
Löwen (genitive with-article)
Löwen (definite nominative singular)
Löwens (definite genitive singular)
Löwen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Löwen (dative definite singular)
Löwen (accusative definite singular)


Buchen

Buchen n (proper noun, genitive Buchens or (optionally with an article) Buchen)

Buchens (genitive)
Buchen (genitive with-article)

Similar to Büchen, related to Buche (“beech tree”).

a municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Volksrepublik China

From Volksrepublik (“people's republic”) + China (“China”).

af

People's Republic of China#English:_Q148

People's Republic of China (official name of China: a country in East Asia)


Schanghai

de-proper noun

Schanghai n (proper noun, genitive Schanghais or (optionally with an article) Schanghai)

Schanghais (genitive)
Schanghai (genitive with-article)
Shanghai (alternative)

Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)


Karatschi

Karatschi n (proper noun, genitive Karatschis or (optionally with an article) Karatschi)

Karatschis (genitive)
Karatschi (genitive with-article)

Karatschi, das pulsierende Herz Pakistans, versinkt in einem Strudel von Gewalt.

2010, Der Spiegel, number 47/2010, page 124:

Karachi, the pulsating heart of Pakistan, is descending into a maelstrom of violence.

Karachi (the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, and the largest city in [Pakistan])


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)


Westdeutschland

Westdeutschland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Westdeutschlands)

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

a geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland

a geographic region of Germany, consisting of the above plus Bremen and western parts of Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Baden-Württemberg (perhaps roughly on a line from the mouth of the Elbe to Lake Constance)


Ruhr

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

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

From Late Latin rubro gilum (“red brook”), of Celtic origin; for the second element see the river Celbis.

Ruhr (a right tributary of the Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Hönne

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

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

Hönne (a left tributary of the Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Antigua und Barbuda

Antigua und Barbuda n (proper noun, genitive Antigua und Barbudas or (optionally with an article) Antigua und Barbuda)

Antigua und Barbudas (genitive)
Antigua und Barbuda (genitive with-article)
Antigua und Barbuda (definite nominative singular)
Antigua und Barbudas (definite genitive singular)
Antigua und Barbuda (definite genitive singular with-article)
Antigua und Barbuda (dative definite singular)
Antigua und Barbuda (accusative definite singular)

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English:_Q781

Antigua and Barbuda (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda)


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.


Dschibuti

Dschibuti n (proper noun, genitive Dschibutis or (optionally with an article) Dschibuti)

Dschibutis (genitive)
Dschibuti (genitive with-article)


Gabun

Gabun n (proper noun, genitive Gabuns or (optionally with an article) Gabun)

Gabuns (genitive)
Gabun (genitive with-article)


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)


Marshallinseln

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

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

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (a country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)