"Bielefeld" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] Audio: De-Bielefeld.ogg , De-Bielefeld2.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Bielefelds [genitive], Bielefeld [genitive, with-article], neuter [table-tags], Bielefeld [definite, nominative, singular], Bielefelds [definite, genitive, singular], Bielefeld [definite, genitive, singular, with-article], Bielefeld [dative, definite, singular], Bielefeld [accusative, definite, singular]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{unk|de}} Unknown Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Bielefeld n (proper noun, genitive Bielefelds or (optionally with an article) Bielefeld) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|toponym}}
  1. an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Wikipedia link: Corvey, de:Bielefeld-Gesetz, de:Vita Meinwerci Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cities in Germany, Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Derived forms: Bielefelderin, Bielefelder
    Sense id: en-Bielefeld-de-name-aMFJl4ZR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Bielefeld
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