"München" meaning in German

See München in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmʏnçən/ Audio: De-München 2.oga , Bar-München.ogg , De-München.ogg Forms: Münchens [genitive], München [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: From Old High German Munichen, dative plural of munih (“monk”) (see Mönch). Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*mey-|id=small}}, {{der|de|goh|Munichen}} Old High German Munichen Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} München n (proper noun, genitive Münchens or (optionally with an article) München)
  1. Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cities in Bavaria, Cities in Germany, Munich, Places in Bavaria, Places in Germany
    Sense id: en-München-de-name-C5q3sio1 Categories (other): State capitals of Germany
  2. A rural district of Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the city of Munich, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Districts of Bavaria, Places in Bavaria, Places in Germany
    Sense id: en-München-de-name-ZFBBN9YB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Münchener, Münchner

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for München meaning in German (4.5kB)

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