Gothenburg

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/

• Audio (US)

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view of Gothenburg

Proper noun

Gothenburg

1. A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
2. A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States, originally settled by Swedish people.

Derived terms

• Gothenburger

Translations

city on the west coast of Sweden

• Afrikaans: Gotenburg
• Amharic: ዬተቦርይ (yetäbory)
• Arabic: غُوتِنْبُرْغ m (ḡūtinburḡ)
• Armenian: Գյոտեբորգ (Gyoteborg)
• Azerbaijani: Göteborq
• Bulgarian: Гьотеборг m (Gjoteborg)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哥德堡 (go¹ dak¹ bou²)

  Hokkien: Götebor

  Mandarin: 哥德堡 (zh) (Gēdébǎo)

• Czech: Göteborg (cs) m
• Danish: Gøteborg (da) n
• Dutch: Göteborg (nl) n, Gotenburg n
• Esperanto: Gotenburgo
• Estonian: Göteborg (et)
• Farefare: Gotemburgo
• Finnish: Göteborg (fi), (archaic) Göötepori (fi)
• French: Göteborg (fr) m, (historically) Gothembourg (fr) m
• Galician: Gotemburgo (gl)
• Georgian: გეტებორგი (geṭeborgi)
• German: Göteborg (de) n, (archaic) Gotenburg n, Gothenburg n
• Greek: Γκέτεμποργκ n (Gkétemporgk)
• Hebrew: גוטנבורג m, גטבורג m
• Hindi: गोथनबर्ग ? (gothanbarg), गोथेनबर्ग ? (gothenbarg)
• Hungarian: Göteborg (hu)
• Icelandic: Gautaborg (is) f
• Inuktitut: ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ (iotapori)
• Italian: Göteborg f, (historically) Gotemburgo f
• Japanese: ヨーテボリ (Yōtebori), イェーテボリ (Yētebori), イェテボリ (Yetebori), イエテボリ (Ietebori), エーテボリ (Ētebori)
• Korean: 예테보리 (Yetebori)
• Kyrgyz: Гөтеборг (Göteborg)
• Latin: Gothenburgum n, Gothoburgum n
• Latvian: Gēteborga f
• Limburgish: Gódsbórg n, Góttebórg n, Jöttebórj n
• Lithuanian: Geteborgas m
• Macedonian: Ге́теборг m (Géteborg)
• Malayalam: യാതെബോറിയ (yātebōṟiya), ഗോഥെൻബർഗ് (gōtheṉbaṟgŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gøteborg n

  Nynorsk: Gøteborg n

• Persian: گوتنبورگ (gotnborg)
• Polish: Göteborg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gotemburgo f
• Russian: Гётебо́рг (ru) m (Gjotebórg)
• Spanish: Gotemburgo (es) m
• Swedish: Göteborg (sv) n
• Thai: กอเทนเบิร์ก (gɔɔ-teen-bə̀ək), เยอเตอบอรย์ (yəə-dtee-bɔɔ)
• Turkish: Göteborg
• West Frisian: Goateboarch n, Goateburch n
• Yiddish: געטעבאָרג n (geteborg)

German

Etymology

After Swedish Göteborg, reinterpreted as Goten (“Goths”, formerly spelt Gothen) + Burg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːtənˌbʊrk/, /-ˌbʊrç/

• Audio

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Noun

Gothenburg n (proper noun, genitive Gothenburgs or (optionally with an article) Gothenburg)

1. Archaic form of Göteborg (“Gothenburg”).

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gothenburg f

1. Alternative form of Gotemburgo