"Freiburg" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk/ Audio: De-Freiburg.ogg Forms: Freiburgs [genitive], Freiburg [genitive, with-article], FR [alternative]
Etymology: From frei (“free”) + Burg (“castle, fortress”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|frei|Burg|t1=free|t2=castle, fortress}} frei (“free”) + Burg (“castle, fortress”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Freiburg n (proper noun, genitive Freiburgs or (optionally with an article) Freiburg)
  1. Freiburg (an independent city in the Black Forest; the administrative seat of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; official name: Freiburg im Breisgau) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Places in Germany Hypernyms: Deutscher, Badener, Mitteleuropäer, Schweizer [Fribourg], Eidgenosse [Fribourg] Derived forms: Freiburger, freiburgisch
    Sense id: en-Freiburg-de-name-QmRdG0uL Categories (other): Cities, District capitals of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 7 27 49 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 25 55 11 2 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 82 15 3
  2. Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland; official name: Freiburg im Üechtland) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cantonal capitals of Switzerland, Cities in Switzerland, Places in Switzerland
    Sense id: en-Freiburg-de-name-laZzgIuu
  3. Fribourg (a canton of Switzerland) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cantons of Switzerland, Places in Switzerland Synonyms: Kanton Freiburg
    Sense id: en-Freiburg-de-name-FWD9nKk9

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for Freiburg meaning in German (2.9kB)

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