Marburg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Marburg, from an unknown term + German Burg.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹbɝɡ/

Proper noun

Marburg

1. A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany
2. A rural town in Queensland, Australia

Derived terms

• Marburg disease

Proper noun

Marburg

1. A surname from German

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.bʏrx/
• Hyphenation: Mar‧burg

Proper noun

Marburg n

1. A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany

Derived terms

• marburgkoorts
• marburgvirus

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːɐ̯ˌbʊʁk/, /ˈmaʁˌbʊʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧burg

Proper noun

Marburg n (proper noun, genitive Marburgs or (optionally with an article) Marburg)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse; former official name, Marburg an der Lahn
2. (dated) Maribor (a city in Slovenia; in full, Marburg an der Drau)
3. Marburg (a rural town in Queensland, Australia)

Derived terms

• Marburg-Biedenkopf

Proper noun

Marburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Marburgs or (with an article) Marburg, feminine genitive Marburg, plural Marburgs)

1. a surname transferred from the place name