"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 Middle High German Münichen (spelled Munichen initially), from münichen, dative plural of Middle High German münich (“monk”) (also spelled munich), from munichum, munichun, dative plural of Old High German munih (“monk”) (see Mönch). Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*men-|id=small}}, {{der|de|gmh|Münichen}} Middle High German Münichen, {{cog|gmh|münich|t=monk}} Middle High German münich (“monk”), {{cog|goh|munih|t=monk}} Old High German munih (“monk”) 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, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Münchener, Münchner

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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