Neapel

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

Neapels (genitive)
Neapel (genitive with-article)

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


Florenz

de-proper noun

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

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

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

Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)


Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken n (proper noun, genitive Saarbrückens or (optionally with an article) Saarbrücken)

Saarbrückens (genitive)
Saarbrücken (genitive with-article)
Saarbrücken (definite nominative singular)
Saarbrückens (definite genitive singular)
Saarbrücken (definite genitive singular with-article)
Saarbrücken (dative definite singular)
Saarbrücken (accusative definite singular)

/zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkən/

From the river Saar + Brücken (“bridges”).

Saarbrücken (the capital city of Saarland)


Luzern

Luzern n (proper noun, genitive Luzerns or (optionally with an article) Luzern)

Luzerns (genitive)
Luzern (genitive with-article)
LU (alternative)
Lutzern (alternative obsolete)

Lucerne (the capital city of Luzern canton, Switzerland)


Mexiko-Stadt

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

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


Stettin

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

Stettins (genitive)
Stettin (genitive with-article)

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


Stalingrad

Stalingrad n (proper noun, genitive Stalingrads or (optionally with an article) Stalingrad)

Stalingrads (genitive)
Stalingrad (genitive with-article)

(historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)


Eriwan

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

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

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


Appenzell

Appenzell n (proper noun, genitive Appenzells or (optionally with an article) Appenzell)

Appenzells (genitive)
Appenzell (genitive with-article)

Appenzell Inner Rhodes
Appenzell Inner Rhodes#English

Appenzell (a village, the capital of Appenzell Inner Rhodes canton, Switzerland)


Jaunde

Jaunde n (proper noun, genitive Jaundes or (optionally with an article) Jaunde)

Jaundes (genitive)
Jaunde (genitive with-article)
Yaoundé (alternative)
Yaounde (alternative)


Posen

Posen n (proper noun, genitive Posens or (optionally with an article) Posen)

Posens (genitive)
Posen (genitive with-article)

Poznan (a city in Greater Poland, Poland)


Nowosibirsk

Nowosibirsk n (proper noun, genitive Nowosibirsks or (optionally with an article) Nowosibirsk)

Nowosibirsks (genitive)
Nowosibirsk (genitive with-article)

Novosibirsk (a city, the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia)


Colmar

Colmar n (proper noun, genitive Colmars or (optionally with an article) Colmar)

Colmars (genitive)
Colmar (genitive with-article)

a city in central Alsace, in eastern France


Kalkutta

Kalkutta n (proper noun, genitive Kalkuttas or (optionally with an article) Kalkutta)

Kalkuttas (genitive)
Kalkutta (genitive with-article)

Kolkata, Calcutta (the capital city of West Bengal, India)


Korfu

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

Korfus (genitive)
Korfu (genitive with-article)


Breslau

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

Breslaus (genitive)
Breslau (genitive with-article)

Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Wrocław.

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


Eindhoven

Eindhoven n (proper noun, genitive Eindhovens or (optionally with an article) Eindhoven)

Eindhovens (genitive)
Eindhoven (genitive with-article)


Waldenburg

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

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

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

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


Khartum

Khartum n (proper noun, genitive Khartums or (optionally with an article) Khartum)

Khartums (genitive)
Khartum (genitive with-article)
Khartoum (alternative)


Tripolis

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

Tripolis' (genitive)
Tripolis (genitive)


Neu-Delhi

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

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


Jekaterinburg

Jekaterinburg n (proper noun, genitive Jekaterinburgs or (optionally with an article) Jekaterinburg)

Jekaterinburgs (genitive)
Jekaterinburg (genitive with-article)

Yekaterinburg (a city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)


Buxtehude

Buxtehude n (proper noun, genitive Buxtehudes or (optionally with an article) Buxtehude)

Buxtehudes (genitive)
Buxtehude (genitive with-article)
Buxtehude (definite nominative singular)
Buxtehudes (definite genitive singular)
Buxtehude (definite genitive singular with-article)
Buxtehude (dative definite singular)
Buxtehude (accusative definite singular)

Attested as Buochstadon in 959 and as Buchstadihude in 1135.

a city in Germany, in northern Lower Saxony


Neustadt

Neustadt n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts or (optionally with an article) Neustadt)

Neustadts (genitive)
Neustadt (genitive with-article)
Neustadt (definite nominative singular)
Neustadts (definite genitive singular)
Neustadt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neustadt (dative definite singular)
Neustadt (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Stadt (“city, town”).

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Neustadt an der Donau
Neustadt an der Donau#German

(historical) Dunaújváros (an industrial city in Fejér County, Hungary; full German name Neustadt an der Donau)

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Neustadt in Westpreußen
Neustadt in Westpreußen#German

(historical) Wejherowo (a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; full German name Neustadt in Westpreußen)


Neuenburg

de-proper noun

Neuenburg n (proper noun, genitive Neuenburgs or (optionally with an article) Neuenburg)

Neuenburgs (genitive)
Neuenburg (genitive with-article)
Neuenburg (definite nominative singular)
Neuenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Neuenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neuenburg (dative definite singular)
Neuenburg (accusative definite singular)
NE (alternative)

de:Kanton Neuenburg
de:Neuenburg
de:Neuenburg NE

[ˈnɔɪ̯ənˌbʊʁk]

Neuchâtel (the capital city of Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland)


Santander

Santander n (proper noun, genitive Santanders or (optionally with an article) Santander)

Santanders (genitive)
Santander (genitive with-article)


Marne

Marne n (proper noun, genitive Marnes or (optionally with an article) Marne)

Marnes (genitive)
Marne (genitive with-article)


Homs

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


Mannheim

Mannheim n (proper noun, genitive Mannheims or (optionally with an article) Mannheim)

Mannheims (genitive)
Mannheim (genitive with-article)
Mannheim (definite nominative singular)
Mannheims (definite genitive singular)
Mannheim (definite genitive singular with-article)
Mannheim (dative definite singular)
Mannheim (accusative definite singular)

From Old High German Mannenheim, from the given name Manno + heim (“home”).

an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Heidelberg

Heidelberg n (proper noun, genitive Heidelbergs or (optionally with an article) Heidelberg)

Heidelbergs (genitive)
Heidelberg (genitive with-article)

The first element is of unclear origin, possibly Heide (“heath”); the second element corresponds to Berg.

Heidelberg (a city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, administrative seat of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district)


Linz

Linz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Linz' or Linzens or (with an article) Linz)

Linz' (genitive)
Linzens (genitive)
Linz (genitive)
Linz (definite nominative singular)
Linz' (definite genitive singular)
Linz (definite genitive singular)
Linz (dative definite singular)
Linz (accusative definite singular)


Woronesch

Woronesch n (proper noun, genitive Woroneschs or (optionally with an article) Woronesch)

Woroneschs (genitive)
Woronesch (genitive with-article)
Worones (alternative)

Voronezh (a city, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia)


Lüttich

Lüttich n (proper noun, genitive Lüttichs or (optionally with an article) Lüttich)

Lüttichs (genitive)
Lüttich (genitive with-article)
Lüttich (definite nominative singular)
Lüttichs (definite genitive singular)
Lüttich (definite genitive singular with-article)
Lüttich (dative definite singular)
Lüttich (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Lütech, from Old High German Lutihha.


Mülheim

Mülheim n (proper noun, strong, genitive Mülheims)

Mülheims (genitive)
Mülheim (definite nominative singular)
Mülheims (definite genitive singular)
Mülheim (definite genitive singular with-article)
Mülheim (dative definite singular)
Mülheim (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, Mühle (“mill”) + -heim (“home”). Derived from older variants such as Middle High German Mulenheim, Middle High German Mulinheim or Middle High German Molenheym. Compare German Mühlheim and German Müllheim.

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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Mülheim an der Ruhr
Mülheim an der Ruhr#German

an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; official name: Mülheim an der Ruhr


Pjöngjang

de-proper noun

Pjöngjang n (proper noun, genitive Pjöngjangs or (optionally with an article) Pjöngjang)

Pjöngjangs (genitive)
Pjöngjang (genitive with-article)
Pjöngjang (definite nominative singular)
Pjöngjangs (definite genitive singular)
Pjöngjang (definite genitive singular with-article)
Pjöngjang (dative definite singular)
Pjöngjang (accusative definite singular)

Borrowed from Korean 평양 (Pyeong'yang, “flat land”).


Hualien

de-proper noun

Hualien n (proper noun, genitive Hualiens or (optionally with an article) Hualien)

Hualiens (genitive)
Hualien (genitive with-article)


Taitung

Taitung n (proper noun, genitive Taitungs or (optionally with an article) Taitung)

Taitungs (genitive)
Taitung (genitive with-article)


Bellinzona

Bellinzona n (proper noun, genitive Bellinzonas or (optionally with an article) Bellinzona)

Bellinzonas (genitive)
Bellinzona (genitive with-article)
Bellinzona (definite nominative singular)
Bellinzonas (definite genitive singular)
Bellinzona (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bellinzona (dative definite singular)
Bellinzona (accusative definite singular)
Bellenz (alternative dated rare)

Bellinzona (a municipality and town, the capital of Ticino canton, Switzerland)


Bettendorf

Bettendorf n (proper noun, genitive Bettendorfs or (optionally with an article) Bettendorf)

Bettendorfs (genitive)
Bettendorf (genitive with-article)
Bettendorf (definite nominative singular)
Bettendorfs (definite genitive singular)
Bettendorf (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bettendorf (dative definite singular)
Bettendorf (accusative definite singular)

any of several towns and cities in Germany, Luxembourg and the United States


Freiburg im Breisgau

Freiburg im Breisgau n (proper noun, strong, genitive Freiburgs im Breisgau)

/ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk ɪm ˈbʁaɪ̯sɡaʊ̯/

Freiburg in Breisgau
Freiburg in Breisgau#English

Freiburg, Freiburg in Breisgau (an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Siegen

Siegen n (proper noun, genitive Siegens or (optionally with an article) Siegen)

Siegens (genitive)
Siegen (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Sigena, from the same source as the river name Sieg.

a city, the administrative seat of Siegen-Wittgenstein district, North Rhine-Westphalia


Olpe

Olpe n (proper noun, genitive Olpes or (optionally with an article) Olpe)

Olpes (genitive)
Olpe (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Olepe, referring originally to the tributary of the Bigge.

a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States


Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe n (proper noun, genitive Karlsruhes or (optionally with an article) Karlsruhe)

Karlsruhes (genitive)
Karlsruhe (genitive with-article)
Karlsruhe (definite nominative singular)
Karlsruhes (definite genitive singular)
Karlsruhe (definite genitive singular with-article)
Karlsruhe (dative definite singular)
Karlsruhe (accusative definite singular)
Carlsruhe (alternative obsolete)

/ˈkaɐ̯lsˌʁuːə/

From Karl + -s- + Ruhe, literally “Charles’s rest”, after Charles III William of Baden-Durlach.

af

an independent city in Baden-Württemberg


Offenbach

de-proper noun

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

Offenbachs (genitive)
Offenbach (genitive with-article)

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From a compound of Bach (“creek, stream”) with an unclear first element, possibly a given name.

Offenbach am Main
Offenbach am Main#German

an independent city in Hesse; official name: Offenbach am Main


Heilbronn

Heilbronn n (proper noun, genitive Heilbronns or (optionally with an article) Heilbronn)

Heilbronns (genitive)
Heilbronn (genitive with-article)
Heilbronn (definite nominative singular)
Heilbronns (definite genitive singular)
Heilbronn (definite genitive singular with-article)
Heilbronn (dative definite singular)
Heilbronn (accusative definite singular)

From Old High German heil (“healing”) + brunno (“well”).

a city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg


Schwaz

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

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


Bels

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

Belz (a city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine)


Sfax

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

Borrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).


Chur

Chur n (proper noun, genitive Churs or (optionally with an article) Chur)

Churs (genitive)
Chur (genitive with-article)

Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland)


Pernau

Pernau n (proper noun, genitive Pernaus or (optionally with an article) Pernau)

Pernaus (genitive)
Pernau (genitive with-article)
Pernau (definite nominative singular)
Pernaus (definite genitive singular)
Pernau (definite genitive singular with-article)
Pernau (dative definite singular)
Pernau (accusative definite singular)


Stans

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

Stans (a municipality and town, the capital of Nidwalden canton, Switzerland)


Pompeji

Pompeji m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pompejis or Pompeji)

Pompejis (genitive)
Pompeji (genitive)
Pompeji (nominative singular)
Pompejis (genitive singular)
Pompeji (genitive singular)
Pompeji (dative singular)
Pompeji (accusative singular)


Nauen

Nauen n (proper noun, genitive Nauens or (optionally with an article) Nauen)

Nauens (genitive)
Nauen (genitive with-article)


Enschede

Enschede n (proper noun, genitive Enschedes or (optionally with an article) Enschede)

Enschedes (genitive)
Enschede (genitive with-article)
Enschede (definite nominative singular)
Enschedes (definite genitive singular)
Enschede (definite genitive singular with-article)
Enschede (dative definite singular)
Enschede (accusative definite singular)


Olmütz

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

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

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

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

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


Bromberg

Bromberg n (proper noun, genitive Brombergs or (optionally with an article) Bromberg)

Brombergs (genitive)
Bromberg (genitive with-article)

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Bydgoszcz (a city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Belz

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

Bălți (A city and municipality of Moldova.)


Schwerte

Schwerte n (proper noun, genitive Schwertes or (optionally with an article) Schwerte)

Schwertes (genitive)
Schwerte (genitive with-article)
Schwerte (definite nominative singular)
Schwertes (definite genitive singular)
Schwerte (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schwerte (dative definite singular)
Schwerte (accusative definite singular)

a city in Unna district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg n (proper noun, genitive Lichtenbergs or (optionally with an article) Lichtenberg)

Lichtenbergs (genitive)
Lichtenberg (genitive with-article)
Lichtenberg (definite nominative singular)
Lichtenbergs (definite genitive singular)
Lichtenberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Lichtenberg (dative definite singular)
Lichtenberg (accusative definite singular)

/ˈlɪçtn̩ˌbɛʁk/


Dahn

Dahn n (proper noun, genitive Dahns or (optionally with an article) Dahn)

Dahns (genitive)
Dahn (genitive with-article)


Bischkek

Bischkek n (proper noun, genitive Bischkeks or (optionally with an article) Bischkek)

Bischkeks (genitive)
Bischkek (genitive with-article)

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


Agram

Agram n (proper noun, genitive Agrams or (optionally with an article) Agram)

Agrams (genitive)
Agram (genitive with-article)

(archaic) Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


Hirschberg

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

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

[ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]

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


Tarent

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

Tarents (genitive)
Tarent (genitive with-article)


Villach

Villach n (proper noun, genitive Villachs or (optionally with an article) Villach)

Villachs (genitive)
Villach (genitive with-article)

Probably from Gaulish *Biliākon, from *biliā (“tall tree”). This name is not attested as an ancient name of Villach, but it is attested as a place name in several places in France and Luxembourg.
Alternatively from a Latin-Celtic hybridism Vīllācum from Latin vīlla (“estate”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākom. This name is attested in Medieval Latin, but only as a Latinization of the German name.

Seit dem 16. Dezember wurde der 22-jährige Levi vermisst. Der junge Mann aus Villach ist Autist und harrte tagelang bei eisiger Kälte im Freien aus.

2024 December 27, “Verschwand nach Tod seines Vaters: Autist (22) in Österreich tot gefunden – „Welt zusammengebrochen““”, in Frankfurter Rundschau, archived from the original on 2025-01-01:

22-year-old Levi has been missing since December 16th. The young man from Villach is autistic and stayed out in the freezing cold for days.

Villach (a statutory city in Carinthia, Austria)


Bregenz

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

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

→ English: Bregenz

→ French: Brégence

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From Latin Brigantium or Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (Caland adjective suffix).
The Latin terms may be derived from the Proto-Celtic terms via Gaulish brigā (“hill; fortress”), though this is uncertain.

Bregenz (the capital of and third largest city in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)


Duschanbe

Duschanbe n (proper noun, strong, genitive Duschanbes)

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)


Laibach

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

Laibachs (genitive)
Laibach (genitive with-article)

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


Calau

Calau n (proper noun, genitive Calaus or (optionally with an article) Calau)

Calaus (genitive)
Calau (genitive with-article)


Kertsch

Kertsch n (proper noun, genitive Kertschs or (optionally with an article) Kertsch)

Kertschs (genitive)
Kertsch (genitive with-article)

Kerch (a city on the Kerch Peninsula in eastern Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia)


Paderborn

Paderborn n (proper noun, genitive Paderborns or (optionally with an article) Paderborn)

Paderborns (genitive)
Paderborn (genitive with-article)
Paderborn (definite nominative singular)
Paderborns (definite genitive singular)
Paderborn (definite genitive singular with-article)
Paderborn (dative definite singular)
Paderborn (accusative definite singular)

→ English: Paderborn

[ˌpäːdɐˈbɔʁn]

From Middle High German Paderborn (at least since the 15th century), from Middle Low German Paderborn (at least since the 14th century), from Old Saxon.
Attested in Latin as Paderbrunnen, Paderbrunna, Padrabrun, Patresbrun (8th or 9th century, occurs in various annales, often about the Reichsversammlung of 777).
By surface analysis, Pader (river name) + Born (“spring, well, river source”)

q

8th or 9th century, occurs in various annales, often about the <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Reichsversammlung</i> of 777

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Paderborn (a city and rural district in eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Marrakesch

Marrakech (the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco)


Gizeh

de-proper noun

Gizeh n (proper noun, strong, genitive Gizehs)

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

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


Ewige Stadt

die Ewige Stadt f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ewigen Stadt)

die Ewige Stadt (canonical feminine)
der Ewigen Stadt (definite genitive)
Ewige Stadt (nominative strong)
Ewiger Stadt (genitive strong)
Ewiger Stadt (dative strong)
Ewige Stadt (accusative strong)
Ewige Stadt (nominative weak)
Ewigen Stadt (genitive weak)
Ewigen Stadt (dative weak)
Ewige Stadt (accusative weak)
Ewige Stadt (mixed nominative)
Ewigen Stadt (genitive mixed)
Ewigen Stadt (dative mixed)
Ewige Stadt (accusative mixed)

Eternal City (nickname for Rome: the capital of Italy)


Nanzig

Nanzig n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nanzigs)

From Old High German Nanzig, from Late Latin Nanciaco (also attested as Nanciacum, Nanceiacum), probably from a Gaulish name *Nantiākom (“domain of Nantios”), a name possibly from Proto-Celtic *nantos (“river, valley”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Nanzeg.

(dated) Nancy (a city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France)


Schmalkalden

Schmalkalden n (proper noun, genitive Schmalkaldens or (optionally with an article) Schmalkalden)

Schmalkaldens (genitive)
Schmalkalden (genitive with-article)
Schmalkalden (definite nominative singular)
Schmalkaldens (definite genitive singular)
Schmalkalden (definite genitive singular with-article)
Schmalkalden (dative definite singular)
Schmalkalden (accusative definite singular)


Lemberg

Lemberg n (proper noun, genitive Lembergs or (optionally with an article) Lemberg)

Lembergs (genitive)
Lemberg (genitive with-article)

English: Lemberg

Portuguese: Lemberga

Assimilated from Lebenberg, Lewenberg, Levenberg, also Lehmberg, Lewberg, all forms also valid for Löwenberg in Schlesien, as also for Löwenberg castles in various places of the German language area, not always well distinguishable in chronicles; in the Galician case the lion is Leo I of Galicia, in a Slavic form.

Lemberg (Lviv, a city in Galicia, western Ukraine)

Leo I of Galicia
en:Löwenberg in Schlesien


Kerkrade

Kerkrade n (proper noun, genitive Kerkrades or (optionally with an article) Kerkrade)

Kerkrades (genitive)
Kerkrade (genitive with-article)
Kirchrath (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch Kerkrade. The alternative second-syllable stress is by analogy with German placenames in -rade, -rode, which are often (though not always) stressed on the suffix.

Kerkrade (a city in the Netherlands, on the German border)


Kapstadt

Kapstadt n (proper noun, genitive Kapstadts or (optionally with an article) Kapstadt)

Kapstadts (genitive)
Kapstadt (genitive with-article)
Kapstadt (definite nominative singular)
Kapstadts (definite genitive singular)
Kapstadt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kapstadt (dative definite singular)
Kapstadt (accusative definite singular)

Kap (“cape”) + Stadt (“city, town”); calque of English Cape Town, Afrikaans Kaapstad, and/or Dutch Kaapstad.


Sewastopol

Sewastopol n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sewastopols)

Transliteration of Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ).

translit

Севасто́поль

Sevastopol (a city in Ukraine and city in Russia)


Swinemünde

de-proper noun

Swinemünde n (proper noun, genitive Swinemündes or (optionally with an article) Swinemünde)

Swinemündes (genitive)
Swinemünde (genitive with-article)
Swinemünde (definite nominative singular)
Swinemündes (definite genitive singular)
Swinemünde (definite genitive singular with-article)
Swinemünde (dative definite singular)
Swinemünde (accusative definite singular)

→ Polish: Świnoujście (calque)

Latin: Suenemundum

From Swine (the city river) + Mund (“mouth”) + -e, similarly to German Low German Swienemünn.

af

West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

a city in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, formerly part of Germany. Polish name: Świnoujście


Köpenick

de-proper noun

Köpenick n (proper noun, genitive Köpenicks or (optionally with an article) Köpenick)

Köpenicks (genitive)
Köpenick (genitive with-article)
Cöpenick (alternative obsolete)


Ladenburg

Ladenburg n (proper noun, genitive Ladenburgs or (optionally with an article) Ladenburg)

Ladenburgs (genitive)
Ladenburg (genitive with-article)
Ladenburg (definite nominative singular)
Ladenburgs (definite genitive singular)
Ladenburg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ladenburg (dative definite singular)
Ladenburg (accusative definite singular)

Attested as Lobetenburg in 874.
From Old High German Lobetenburg, from Lopodunum + Burg.

Ladenburg (a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Haiphong

Haiphong n (proper noun, genitive Haiphongs or (optionally with an article) Haiphong)

Haiphongs (genitive)
Haiphong (genitive with-article)


Trient

Trient n (proper noun, genitive Trients or (optionally with an article) Trient)

Trients (genitive)
Trient (genitive with-article)

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Trento (a city, the capital of the province of Trentino and the region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Tschenstochau

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

Tschenstochaus (genitive)
Tschenstochau (genitive with-article)


Ludwigshafen

Ludwigshafen n (proper noun, genitive Ludwigshafens or (optionally with an article) Ludwigshafen)

Ludwigshafens (genitive)
Ludwigshafen (genitive with-article)
Ludwigshafen (definite nominative singular)
Ludwigshafens (definite genitive singular)
Ludwigshafen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ludwigshafen (dative definite singular)
Ludwigshafen (accusative definite singular)

Ludwig + -s- + Hafen (“port”), named for King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Ludwigshafen am Rhein#English

an independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine across from Mannheim; official name: Ludwigshafen am Rhein


Frauenfeld

Frauenfeld n (proper noun, genitive Frauenfelds or (optionally with an article) Frauenfeld)

Frauenfelds (genitive)
Frauenfeld (genitive with-article)

Frauenfeld (a municipality and town, the capital of Thurgau canton, Switzerland)


Marburg

Marburg n (proper noun, genitive Marburgs or (optionally with an article) Marburg)

Marburgs (genitive)
Marburg (genitive with-article)

/ˈmaːɐ̯ˌbʊʁk/

(dated) Maribor (a city in Slovenia; in full, Marburg an der Drau)


Saarburg

Saarburg n (proper noun, genitive Saarburgs or (optionally with an article) Saarburg)

Saarburgs (genitive)
Saarburg (genitive with-article)

/ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁk/

/ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁç/

Saarburg (a city in Trier-Saarburg district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Altdorf

Altdorf n (proper noun, genitive Altdorfs or (optionally with an article) Altdorf)

Altdorfs (genitive)
Altdorf (genitive with-article)
Altdorf (definite nominative singular)
Altdorfs (definite genitive singular)
Altdorf (definite genitive singular with-article)
Altdorf (dative definite singular)
Altdorf (accusative definite singular)
Altdorf UR (alternative)

Altdorf (a municipality, a town, the capital of Uri canton, Switzerland)


Sarnen

Sarnen n (proper noun, genitive Sarnens or (optionally with an article) Sarnen)

Sarnens (genitive)
Sarnen (genitive with-article)

Sarnen (a municipality, a town, the capital of Obwalden canton, Switzerland)


Liestal

Liestal n (proper noun, genitive Liestals or (optionally with an article) Liestal)

Liestals (genitive)
Liestal (genitive with-article)

Liestal (a municipality, a town, the capital of Basel-Landschaft canton, Switzerland)


Delsberg

Delsberg n (proper noun, genitive Delsbergs or (optionally with an article) Delsberg)

Delsbergs (genitive)
Delsberg (genitive with-article)

Delémont (a municipality and town, the capital of Jura canton, Switzerland)


Plowdiw

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

Plowdiws (genitive)
Plowdiw (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Bulgarian Пло́вдив (Plóvdiv).


Aschkelon

de-proper noun

Aschkelon n (proper noun, genitive Aschkelons or (optionally with an article) Aschkelon)

Aschkelons (genitive)
Aschkelon (genitive with-article)
Aschkelon (nominative singular)
Aschkelons (genitive singular)
Aschkelon (dative singular)
Aschkelon (accusative singular)


Brixen

Brixen n (proper noun, genitive Brixens or (optionally with an article) Brixen)

Brixens (genitive)
Brixen (genitive with-article)
Brixen (definite nominative singular)
Brixens (definite genitive singular)
Brixen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Brixen (dative definite singular)
Brixen (accusative definite singular)

Brixen (a city and commune of the province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Karlsbad

Karlsbad n (proper noun, genitive Karlsbads or (optionally with an article) Karlsbad)

Karlsbads (genitive)
Karlsbad (genitive with-article)
Karlsbad (definite nominative singular)
Karlsbads (definite genitive singular)
Karlsbad (definite genitive singular with-article)
Karlsbad (dative definite singular)
Karlsbad (accusative definite singular)
Carlsbad (alternative obsolete)

English: Carlsbad

Karlovy Vary (a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, also known as Carlsbad)


Königshütte

Königshütte n (proper noun, strong, genitive Königshüttes)


Neuss

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

Neuss' (genitive)
Neuss (genitive)
Neuß (alternative)

From Old High German Nuiss, from Latin Novēsium, of unclear but probably Celtic origin.

Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Rhein-Kreis Neuss#German

a city, the administrative seat of Rhein-Kreis Neuss district, North Rhine-Westphalia


Völklingen

Völklingen n (proper noun, genitive Völklingens or (optionally with an article) Völklingen)

Völklingens (genitive)
Völklingen (genitive with-article)
Völklingen (definite nominative singular)
Völklingens (definite genitive singular)
Völklingen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Völklingen (dative definite singular)
Völklingen (accusative definite singular)


Gladbeck

Gladbeck n (proper noun, genitive Gladbecks or (optionally with an article) Gladbeck)

Gladbecks (genitive)
Gladbeck (genitive with-article)
Gladbeck (definite nominative singular)
Gladbecks (definite genitive singular)
Gladbeck (definite genitive singular with-article)
Gladbeck (dative definite singular)
Gladbeck (accusative definite singular)

From Middle Low German Glādebēke, from glat (“sleek”) + bēke (“brook”). Equivalent to glatt + -beck (Bach). Doublet of Gladbach.

a city in Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Bergisch Gladbach

Bergisch Gladbach n (proper noun, genitive Bergisch Gladbachs or (optionally with an article) Bergisch Gladbach)

Bergisch Gladbachs (genitive)
Bergisch Gladbach (genitive with-article)

See Gladbach (literally “sleek brook”). Bergisch was added to the official name to distinguish it from Mönchengladbach.

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis#German

a city, the administrative seat of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Batam

Batam n (proper noun, genitive Batams or (optionally with an article) Batam)

Batams (genitive)
Batam (genitive with-article)

Batam (a city, the provincial capital of the Riau Islands, Indonesia)


Iserlohn

Iserlohn n (proper noun, genitive Iserlohns or (optionally with an article) Iserlohn)

Iserlohns (genitive)
Iserlohn (genitive with-article)

a city in Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Brandeis

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

Brandeis' (genitive)
Brandeis (genitive)

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

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

a city in Bohemia, Czech Republic: Brandýs.


Ardeşen

From Turkish Ardeşen, from Armenian Արտաշեն (Artašen).

Das ursprüngliche ch, das sich in diesen Verben mit dem Charakter der ersten Person zu f vereinigt, geht in dem Dialecte von Artaschin neben demselben ganz verloren; dagegen spricht man also: meptare, gioptare etc.

1844, Georg Rosen, Über die Sprache der Lazen

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Pforzheim

Pforzheim n (proper noun, genitive Pforzheims or (optionally with an article) Pforzheim)

Pforzheims (genitive)
Pforzheim (genitive with-article)
Pforzheim (definite nominative singular)
Pforzheims (definite genitive singular)
Pforzheim (definite genitive singular with-article)
Pforzheim (dative definite singular)
Pforzheim (accusative definite singular)

From Latin portus (“harbor, port”) and -heim. First mentioned as Port[u] on a milestone from the 3rd century, subsequently attested as Porza in the 7th century.

a city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany; the administrative seat of Enzkreis district


Saporoschje

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).


Oppeln

de-proper noun

Oppeln n (proper noun, genitive Oppelns or (optionally with an article) Oppeln)

Oppelns (genitive)
Oppeln (genitive with-article)
Opole (alternative)


Allenstein

Allenstein n (proper noun, genitive Allensteins or (optionally with an article) Allenstein)

Allensteins (genitive)
Allenstein (genitive with-article)

From earlier Allensteyn, from the river Alle, ultimately likely from alna (“to flow”).

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#English

Olsztyn (a city in Warmia, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Drontheim

Drontheim n (proper noun, genitive Drontheims or (optionally with an article) Drontheim)

Drontheims (genitive)
Drontheim (genitive with-article)
Druntheim (alternative)
Drundheim (alternative)

Adapted borrowing of Old Norse Þróndheimr. Compare English Throndham.

dröntisch

of or pertaining to Trøndelag or Thronds

Den heutigen Namen hat sie der umliegenden Gegend zu verdanken, welche ehedem Drontheim, die Einwohner aber Drönter oder Trönder geheissen.

1767, Johann Gottfried Haymann, Carl Gottlob Dietmann, Neue Europäische Staats- und Reisegeographie worinnen die Staaten und Königreiche Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Preussen, samt den Besitzungen der Krone Dänemark in Afrika, Asien und Amerika, ausführlich beschreiben werden., volume 14, page 245:

Its current name comes from the surrounding area, which used to be called Throndham, but the inhabitants were called Thronds or Trønder.

Throndham, Trondheim (a city and municipality of Trøndelag county, Norway)


Sarpsburg

Sarpsburg n (proper noun, genitive Sarpsburgs or (optionally with an article) Sarpsburg)

Sarpsburgs (genitive)
Sarpsburg (genitive with-article)

Adapted borrowing of Norwegian Sarpsborg.

Sarpsborg (a city and municipality of Østfold, Norway)


Nowgorod

Nowgorod n (proper noun, genitive Nowgorods or (optionally with an article) Nowgorod)

Nowgorods (genitive)
Nowgorod (genitive with-article)

Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod (a city in Russia)


Mülhausen

Mülhausen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Mülhausens)

Mülhausens (genitive)
Mülhausen (definite nominative singular)
Mülhausens (definite genitive singular)
Mülhausen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Mülhausen (dative definite singular)
Mülhausen (accusative definite singular)

Equivalent to Mühle (“mill”) + -hausen (“houses”). Derived from older Middle High German Mülnhūsen Old High German Mulinhuson. Cognates include French Mulhouse and Alemannic German Milhüsa. Doublet of Mühlhausen.


Neuyork

Neuyork n (proper noun, genitive Neuyorks or (optionally with an article) Neuyork)

Neuyorks (genitive)
Neuyork (genitive with-article)

Samuel hatte den Palast in der Fünften Avenue von Neuyork, die Schlösser auf dem Lande und alle Aktien, Treuhandscheine und Gewinnanteile seines Vaters geerbt;[…]

1909, Thomas Mann, Königliche Hoheit [Royal Highness], page 255:

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


Gräfenberg

Gräfenberg n (proper noun, genitive Gräfenbergs or (optionally with an article) Gräfenberg)

Gräfenbergs (genitive)
Gräfenberg (genitive with-article)

/ˈɡʁɛːfn̩ˌbɛʁk/


Charkow

Charkow n (proper noun, genitive Charkows or (optionally with an article) Charkow)

Charkows (genitive)
Charkow (genitive with-article)

Transliteration of Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov).

It takes another good look to notice that the map shows the through route from Berlin Zoo to my native Kharkiv – referred to as Charkow Hauptbahnhof (or Hbf) – uninterrupted by any borders. You can also trace the 400 3356 service (‘Zug Nr 3356’) from Charkow to Slawjansk (Slovyansk in the Ukrainian transliteration) in Donbass, to where trains from today’s Kharkiv are running again.

2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine’s ‘Second Army’”, in RAIL, number 1017, English text citing German placenames, page 47:

alternative form of Charkiw: Kharkiv, Kharkov (a city in Ukraine)


Charkiw

Charkiw n (proper noun, genitive Charkiws or (optionally with an article) Charkiw)

Charkiws (genitive)
Charkiw (genitive with-article)
Charkow (alternative)

Transliteration of Ukrainian Ха́рків (Xárkiv).


Jerewan

Jerewan n (proper noun, genitive Jerewans or (optionally with an article) Jerewan)

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


Namür

Namür n (proper noun, genitive Namürs or (optionally with an article) Namür)

Namürs (genitive)
Namür (genitive with-article)
Namür (definite nominative singular)
Namürs (definite genitive singular)
Namür (definite genitive singular with-article)
Namür (dative definite singular)
Namür (accusative definite singular)


Gdingen

Gdingen n (proper noun, genitive Gdingens or (optionally with an article) Gdingen)

Gdingens (genitive)
Gdingen (genitive with-article)


Thessalonich

Thessalonich n (proper noun, genitive Thessalonichs or (optionally with an article) Thessalonich)

Thessalonichs (genitive)
Thessalonich (genitive with-article)

Probably a learned Germanization of Latin Thessalonica. The -ch may be due to some analogy (cf. e.g. German Friedrich vs. Latin Fredericus). Alternatively, if going back to travellers (or crusaders), it might represent the Greek palatalized [kʲ].

Paulus sandte mindestens zwei Briefe an die Gemeinde in Thessalonich.

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

(now biblical, else archaic) alternative form of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece)


Gablonz

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

Es ist eines von den Kinkerlitzchen, die von den nordböhmischen Hängen des Isergebirges herabrollen in fünf Kontinente. Gablonz ist die Hauptstadt in diesem Bezirk und in der Bijouterie der Welt.

1934, Egon Kisch, “Gablonz oder Glanz und Elend der Kinkerlitzchen”, in Eintritt verboten, published 1973, page 168:

Jablonec nad Nisou
Jablonec nad Nisou#English

Jablonec nad Nisou (a city in the Czech Republic)


Castrop-Rauxel

Castrop-Rauxel n (proper noun, genitive Castrop-Rauxels or (optionally with an article) Castrop-Rauxel)

Castrop-Rauxels (genitive)
Castrop-Rauxel (genitive with-article)
Castrop-Rauxel (definite nominative singular)
Castrop-Rauxels (definite genitive singular)
Castrop-Rauxel (definite genitive singular with-article)
Castrop-Rauxel (dative definite singular)
Castrop-Rauxel (accusative definite singular)

Castrop-Rauxel (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Reutlingen

Reutlingen n (proper noun, genitive Reutlingens or (optionally with an article) Reutlingen)

Reutlingens (genitive)
Reutlingen (genitive with-article)
Reutlingen (definite nominative singular)
Reutlingens (definite genitive singular)
Reutlingen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Reutlingen (dative definite singular)
Reutlingen (accusative definite singular)

[ˈʁɔɪ̯tlɪŋn̩]

/ˈʁɔɪ̯tlɪŋən/

First attested as Rutilingin in 1089/1090.

Reutlingen (a city and rural district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Bad Aibling

Bad Aibling n (proper noun, genitive Bad Aiblings or (optionally with an article) Bad Aibling)

Bad Aiblings (genitive)
Bad Aibling (genitive with-article)
Bad Aibling (nominative singular)
Bad Aiblings (genitive singular)
Bad Aibling (genitive singular)
Bad Aibling (dative singular)
Bad Aibling (accusative singular)

From Bad (“spa; a short form of Heilbad”) + Aibling. The first element of the present-day place name was added during the 19th century when Aibling became a spa town. First mentioned as Epininga in 804.

a spa city and former district seat in Bavaria, Germany


Freiburg im Üechtland

Freiburg im Üechtland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Freiburgs im Üechtland)

Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland)


Dessau-Roßlau

Dessau-Roßlau n (proper noun, genitive Dessau-Roßlaus or (optionally with an article) Dessau-Roßlau)

Dessau-Roßlaus (genitive)
Dessau-Roßlau (genitive with-article)

/ˈdɛsaʊ̯ ˈʁɔslaʊ̯/


Ravensburg

Ravensburg n (proper noun, genitive Ravensburgs or (optionally with an article) Ravensburg)

Ravensburgs (genitive)
Ravensburg (genitive with-article)
Ravensburg (nominative singular)
Ravensburgs (genitive singular)
Ravensburg (genitive singular)
Ravensburg (dative singular)
Ravensburg (accusative singular)

First mentioned as Middle High German Ravenspurch in 1088. The first element is of uncertain origin, the second element corresponds to Burg.

Ravensburg (a city in Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany)


Ratingen

Ratingen n (proper noun, genitive Ratingens or (optionally with an article) Ratingen)

Ratingens (genitive)
Ratingen (genitive with-article)
Ratingen (definite nominative singular)
Ratingens (definite genitive singular)
Ratingen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Ratingen (dative definite singular)
Ratingen (accusative definite singular)

Ratingen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Neumarkt

Neumarkt n (proper noun, genitive Neumarkts or (optionally with an article) Neumarkt)

Neumarkts (genitive)
Neumarkt (genitive with-article)
Neumarkt (definite nominative singular)
Neumarkts (definite genitive singular)
Neumarkt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neumarkt (dative definite singular)
Neumarkt (accusative definite singular)

Neumarkt am Mieresch
Neumarkt am Mieresch#German

(historical) Târgu Mureș (a city, the county seat of Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania; full German name Neumarkt am Mieresch)

Neumarkt an der Theiß
Neumarkt an der Theiß#German

(historical) Hódmezővásárhely (a city in Csongrád County, Hungary; full German name Neumarkt an der Theiß)

Szekler Neumarkt
Szekler Neumarkt#German

(historical) Târgu Secuiesc (a city in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania; full German name Szekler Neumarkt)


Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt

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

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

Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.

cal

Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City#English


Tongern

de-proper noun

Tongern n (proper noun, genitive Tongerns or (optionally with an article) Tongern)

Tongerns (genitive)
Tongern (genitive with-article)
Tungern (alternative dated obsolete)


Graudenz

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

Graudenz' (genitive)
Graudenz (genitive)
Graudenz (definite nominative singular)
Graudenz' (definite genitive singular)
Graudenz (definite genitive singular)
Graudenz (dative definite singular)
Graudenz (accusative definite singular)
Graudentz (alternative archaic)

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯dɛnt͡s]

(historical) Grudziądz (a city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Marienbad

Marienbad n (proper noun, genitive Marienbads or (optionally with an article) Marienbad)

Marienbads (genitive)
Marienbad (genitive with-article)
Marienbad (definite nominative singular)
Marienbads (definite genitive singular)
Marienbad (definite genitive singular with-article)
Marienbad (dative definite singular)
Marienbad (accusative definite singular)

From Marie + -n- + Bad, a calque of Latin balneum Mariae.

Mariánské Lázně (a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, known as Marienbad between 1808 and 1945)


Sankt Joachimsthal

Sankt Joachimsthal n (proper noun, genitive Sankt Joachimsthals or (optionally with an article) Sankt Joachimsthal)

Sankt Joachimsthals (genitive)
Sankt Joachimsthal (genitive with-article)
Sankt Joachimsthal (definite nominative singular)
Sankt Joachimsthals (definite genitive singular)
Sankt Joachimsthal (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sankt Joachimsthal (dative definite singular)
Sankt Joachimsthal (accusative definite singular)
Sankt Joachimstal (alternative)

From Sankt + Joachim + -s- + Thal. Formerly known as Conradsgrün, the place was renamed to Sankt Joachimsthal in 1517; inspired by the name of the mining town of Sankt Annaberg, a few miles north of Conradsgrün.

Jáchymov (a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, known as Sankt Joachimsthal between 1517 and 1945)


Neustadt in Westpreußen

Neustadt in Westpreußen n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts in Westpreußen or (optionally with an article) Neustadt in Westpreußen)

Neustadts in Westpreußen (genitive)
Neustadt in Westpreußen (genitive with-article)

/ˌnɔɪ̯ʃtat ʔɪn ˈvɛstˌpʁɔɪ̯sn̩/

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

(historical) Wejherowo (a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Brügge

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

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

Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders, Belgium)


Dinslaken

Dinslaken n (proper noun, genitive Dinslakens or (optionally with an article) Dinslaken)

Dinslakens (genitive)
Dinslaken (genitive with-article)
Dinslaken (definite nominative singular)
Dinslakens (definite genitive singular)
Dinslaken (definite genitive singular with-article)
Dinslaken (dative definite singular)
Dinslaken (accusative definite singular)

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Dinslaken (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Vilshofen

Vilshofen n (proper noun, genitive Vilshofens or (optionally with an article) Vilshofen)

Vilshofens (genitive)
Vilshofen (genitive with-article)
Vilshofen (definite nominative singular)
Vilshofens (definite genitive singular)
Vilshofen (definite genitive singular with-article)
Vilshofen (dative definite singular)
Vilshofen (accusative definite singular)

Vilshofen an der Donau
Vilshofen an der Donau#English

a city in Passau district, Lower Bavaria region, in the southeast of Bavaria; official name: Vilshofen an der Donau


Eschweiler

Eschweiler n (proper noun, genitive Eschweilers or (optionally with an article) Eschweiler)

Eschweilers (genitive)
Eschweiler (genitive with-article)
Eschweiler (definite nominative singular)
Eschweilers (definite genitive singular)
Eschweiler (definite genitive singular with-article)
Eschweiler (dative definite singular)
Eschweiler (accusative definite singular)

[ˈɛʃˌvaɪ̯lɐ]

any of several towns and cities in Germany, Luxembourg and France


Sankt Vith

Sankt Vith n (proper noun, genitive Sankt Viths or (optionally with an article) Sankt Vith)

Sankt Viths (genitive)
Sankt Vith (genitive with-article)
Sankt Vith (definite nominative singular)
Sankt Viths (definite genitive singular)
Sankt Vith (definite genitive singular with-article)
Sankt Vith (dative definite singular)
Sankt Vith (accusative definite singular)
St. Vith (alternative)

St. Vith (a city and municipality in East Belgium, w:Liège Province, Belgium)


Kupjansk

Kupjansk n (proper noun, genitive Kupjansks or (optionally with an article) Kupjansk)

Kupjansks (genitive)
Kupjansk (genitive with-article)
Kupjansk (definite nominative singular)
Kupjansks (definite genitive singular)
Kupjansk (definite genitive singular with-article)
Kupjansk (dative definite singular)
Kupjansk (accusative definite singular)
Kupʼjansʹk (alternative)
Kupänsk (alternative obsolete)
Kupensk (alternative obsolete)

From Russian Ку́пянск (Kúpjansk) and Ukrainian Ку́п’янськ (Kúpʺjansʹk).

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic#English

Kupiansk (a city, the administrative centre of Kupiansk urban hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1655)

(historical, fully Ujesd Kupjansk m) Kupiansk Povit (a povit of, successively, the Voronezh Viceroyalty and then the Voronezh, Sloboda Ukraine and Kharkov Governorates of the Russian Empire, and then of the Kharkiv Governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; established in 1779, abolished in 1923)

(historical, fully Wolost Kupjansk f) Kupiansk volost (a volost of Kupiansk povit, Russian Empire and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, extant at least as early as 1885 and at least as late as 1913)

(historical, fully Okrug Kupjansk m) Kupiansk Okruha (an okruha of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in March 1923, subordinate to the intermediate Kharkiv Governorate until June 1925, part of the Left-Bank pidraion in 1926, and disestablished in June 1930)

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

(fully Rajon Kupjansk m) Kupiansk Raion (a raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in March 1923, subordinate to the okruha of the same name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic until June 1930, and considerably enlarged in July 2020)

(fully Stadtgemeinde Kupjansk f) Kupiansk urban hromada (an urban hromada of Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020)


Glogau

Glogau n (proper noun, genitive Glogaus or (optionally with an article) Glogau)

Glogaus (genitive)
Glogau (genitive with-article)

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

Głogów (a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


Schebekino

Schebekino n (proper noun, genitive Schebekinos or (optionally with an article) Schebekino)

Schebekinos (genitive)
Schebekino (genitive with-article)

Shebekino (a city in Belgorod Oblast, Russia)


Graiworon

Graiworon n (proper noun, genitive Graiworons or (optionally with an article) Graiworon)

Graiworons (genitive)
Graiworon (genitive with-article)

Grayvoron (a city in Belgorod Oblast, Russia)


Wiborg

Wiborg n (proper noun, genitive Wiborgs or (optionally with an article) Wiborg)

Wiborgs (genitive)
Wiborg (genitive with-article)
Wiborg (definite nominative singular)
Wiborgs (definite genitive singular)
Wiborg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Wiborg (dative definite singular)
Wiborg (accusative definite singular)
Viborg (alternative)
Wiburg (alternative archaic)

Vyborg (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia)