Magdeburg

English

Etymology

From German Magdeburg, from Middle Low German Māgedeborch, Mēgedeborch. Since the Middle Ages interpreted as “maiden-borough”, sometimes specifically related to the Virgin Mary. However, the first component may originally have been the plant name “mayweed”, compare Middle Low German mēgede(blōme) and Old English mæġþe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: măgʹdə-bûrg
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡdəbɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡdəbɝɡ/
• Hyphenation: Mag‧de‧burg

Proper noun

Magdeburg

1. The capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the River Elbe.
2. (historical) The historic German realm centered on the city.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Derived terms

• Magdeburgian
• Magdeburg hemisphere

Translations

capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬格德堡／马格德堡 (zh) (Mǎgédébǎo)

• Czech: Magdeburk m, Magdeburg m
• Dutch: Maagdenburg (nl) n
• French: Magdebourg (fr) m
• German: Magdeburg (de) n
• Greek: Μαγδεβούργο (el) n (Magdevoúrgo)
• Italian: Magdeburgo (it) f
• Japanese: マクデブルク (Makudeburuku)
• Korean: 마그데부르크 (Mageudebureukeu)
• Lithuanian: Magdeburgas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Meideborg n

• Marathi: माग्डेबर्ग (māgḍebarga)
• Polish: Magdeburg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Magdeburgo m
• Russian: Магдебу́рг (ru) m (Magdebúrg)
• Spanish: Magdeburgo (es) m
• Swedish: Magdeburg (sv) c
• Vietnamese: Mác-đơ-buốc

Czech

Proper noun

Magdeburg m inan

1. Alternative spelling of Magdeburk

Declension

Declension of Magdeburg (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Magdeburg
genitive	Magdeburgu
dative	Magdeburgu
accusative	Magdeburg
vocative	Magdeburgu
locative	Magdeburgu
instrumental	Magdeburgem

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Māgedeborch, Mēgedeborch. Since the Middle Ages interpreted as “maiden-borough”, sometimes specifically related to the Virgin Mary. However, the first component may originally have been the plant name “mayweed”, compare Middle Low German mēgede(blōme) and Old English mæġþe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (local, standard-near) /ˈmakdəbʊrk/, (non-local also) /ˈmaːkdəbʊrk/
• IPA^(key): (local, traditional) /ˈmaxdəbʊrç/, (non-local northern/central Germany) /ˈmaːxdəbʊrç/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Mag‧de‧burg

Proper noun

Magdeburg n (proper noun, genitive Magdeburgs or (optionally with an article) Magdeburg)

1. Magdeburg (the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Magdeburg [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Magdeburg
genitive	eines	des	Magdeburgs, Magdeburg
dative	einem	dem	Magdeburg
accusative	ein	das	Magdeburg

Derived terms

• Magdeburger m, Magdeburgerin f
• magdeburgisch

Polish

Magdeburg

Etymology

Borrowed from German Magdeburg, from Middle Low German Māgedeborch, Mēgedeborch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈdɛ.burk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛburk
• Syllabification: Mag‧de‧burg

Proper noun

Magdeburg m inan

1. Magdeburg (the capital and largest city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Magdeburg

	singular
nominative	Magdeburg
genitive	Magdeburgu
dative	Magdeburgowi
accusative	Magdeburg
instrumental	Magdeburgiem
locative	Magdeburgu
vocative	Magdeburgu

Derived terms

adjective

• magdeburski

 

nouns

• magdeburczyk
• magdeburgia
• magdeburka

 

Further reading

• Magdeburg in Polish dictionaries at PWN