Flensburg

English

Etymology

From Danish Flensborg, from Old Norse flói (“gulf, marsh”) + Old Norse nes (“point”) + borg. See Flensborg.

Proper noun

Flensburg

1. An independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Derived terms

• Schleswig-Flensburg

Translations

city

• Danish: Flensborg
• German: Flensburg (de) n
• Icelandic: Flensborg f
• Low German: Flensborg
• North Frisian: Flansborj
• Portuguese: Flensburg f, Flensburgo f

Danish

Proper noun

Flensburg

1. Alternative form of Flensborg

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɛnsbʊʁk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Flens‧burg

Proper noun

Flensburg n (proper noun, genitive Flensburgs or (optionally with an article) Flensburg)

1. An independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2. the German National Driver and Vehicle Register
   1. (metonymically) the record of traffic offences

      Er hat 3 Punkte in Flensburg. ― He has 3 penalty points on his driving licence.

Derived terms

• Flensburger
• flensburgisch
• Schleswig-Flensburg

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Flensburgo

Proper noun

Flensburg f

1. Flensburg (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)