"Metropole" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /metʁoˈpoːlə/ Audio: De-Metropole.OGG , De-Metropole2.ogg
Etymology: Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”) Etymology templates: {{der|de|grc|μητρόπολις||mother city}} Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Metropole f (genitive Metropole, plural Metropolen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Metropole [genitive], Metropolen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Metropole [nominative, singular], Metropolen [definite, nominative, plural], Metropole [genitive, singular], Metropolen [definite, genitive, plural], Metropole [dative, singular], Metropolen [dative, definite, plural], Metropole [accusative, singular], Metropolen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. metropolis; very large city; city which dominates its surroundings due to its population, administrative power or culture(s) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Großstadt, Millionenstadt, Metropolis Hyponyms: Hafenmetropole, Schwabenmetropole (alt: Swabian metropolis – nickname for Stuttgart)
    Sense id: en-Metropole-de-noun-~XX73-c- Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cities

Inflected forms

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