"Dortmund" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdɔrtmʊnt/, [ˈdɔʁt.mʊnt], [ˈdɔɐ̯t-], [ˈdɔːt-] Audio: De-Dortmund.ogg , De-Dortmund2.ogg Forms: Dortmunds [genitive], Dortmund [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: From Middle Low German Dortmunde, from Old Saxon Throtmenni. Further origin uncertain. The first component may be Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|Dortmunde}} Middle Low German Dortmunde, {{der|de|osx|Throtmenni}} Old Saxon Throtmenni, {{der|de|gem-pro|*þrutō|t=throat}} Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Dortmund n (proper noun, genitive Dortmunds or (optionally with an article) Dortmund)
  1. Dortmund (a major independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cities in Germany, Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Sense id: en-Dortmund-de-name-UMYEP-q- Categories (other): Dortmund, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund (“football club”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun Alternative form of: Borussia Dortmund (extra: football club) Synonyms: BVB
    Sense id: en-Dortmund-de-name-3xi75G83 Categories (other): German ellipses
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dortmunder
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