Berlin

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[edit] English

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The location of Berlin within Germany.
The Reichstag, the seat of the German parliament, is one of the most recognisable buildings in Berlin.

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From the German Berlin.

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Berlin

  1. The capital city of Germany.
  2. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
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capital city of Germany

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  • (GenAM): IPA: [ˈbɝlɪn], enPR: /bûrʹlĭn/

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Berlin

  1. Any of a number of cities and towns in the United States, of which the largest are Berlin, Connecticut, and Berlin, New Hampshire.

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Berlin m.

  1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany
  2. Berlin, a state in Germany

[edit] German

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Possibly from the Polabian stem berl- / birl- (“swamp”) + suffix -in. The place is first mentioned by this name in the late 12th century (as Berlyn). According to (incorrect) folk etymology, the name is derived from the Bär (“bear”) that is the symbol of the city.

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  • (Standard New High German) IPA: [bɛɐˈliːn], [bɛʁˈliːn],
  • (Berlinisch) IPA: [baliːn], [baliːən]
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Berlin n.

  1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany.
    Berlin ist mehr ein Weltteil als eine Stadt. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 1800.
    Berlin is more a part of a world than a city.
    Berlin ist eine Stadt, verdammt dazu, ewig zu werden, niemals zu sein. — Karl Scheffler, author of Berlin: Ein Stadtschicksal, 1910.
    Berlin is a city damned forever to become, never to be.
  2. Berlin, one of the current component states of Germany.

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[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈbɛrlin/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

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Berlin

  1. Berlin

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declension of Berlin
singular plural
nominative Berlin Berlinek
accusative Berlint Berlineket
dative Berlinnek Berlineknek
instrumental Berlinnel Berlinekkel
causal-final Berlinért Berlinekért
translative Berlinné Berlinekké
terminative Berlinig Berlinekig
essive-formal Berlinként Berlinekként
essive-modal - -
inessive Berlinben Berlinekben
superessive Berlinen Berlineken
adessive Berlinnél Berlineknél
illative Berlinbe Berlinekbe
sublative Berlinre Berlinekre
allative Berlinhez Berlinekhez
elative Berlinből Berlinekből
delative Berlinről Berlinekről
ablative Berlintől Berlinektől
possessives of Berlin
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. Berlinem Berlinjeim
2nd person sing. Berlined Berlinjeid
3rd person sing. Berlinje Berlinjei
1st person plural Berlinünk Berlinjeink
2nd person plural Berlinetek Berlinjeitek
3rd person plural Berlinjük Berlinjeik

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Berlin m.

  1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany

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Singular only
Nominative Berlin
Genitive Berlina
Dative Berlinowi
Accusative Berlin
Instrumental Berlinem
Locative Berlinie
Vocative Berlinie

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /běrliːn/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

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Bèrlīn m. (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрлӣн)

  1. (uncountable) Berlin

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    declension of Berlin
singular
nominative Bèrlīn
genitive Berlína
dative Berlinu
accusative Berlin
vocative Berline
locative Berlinu
instrumental Berlinom

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Berlin

  1. Berlin, the capital of Germany

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Berlin

  1. Berlin

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    declension of Berlin
Nominative Berlin
Genitive Berlinnıñ
Dative Berlinga
Accusative Berlinnı
Locative Berlinda
Ablative Berlindan

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Berlin

  1. Berlin
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