Санкт-Петербург
Russian
Alternative forms
- Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg)
- С.-Петербу́рг (S.-Peterbúrg)
- Пи́тер (Píter) (colloquial)
- СПб (SPb)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sankt Peterburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Са́нкт-Петербу́рг • (Sánkt-Peterbúrg) m inan (genitive Са́нкт-Петербу́рга)
- Saint Petersburg (Reinstated old name of Petrograd and Leningrad. Used prior to 1914 and since 1991.)
Declension
Declension of Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
singular | |
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nominative | Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sánkt-Peterbúrg |
genitive | Са́нкт-Петербу́рга Sánkt-Peterbúrga |
dative | Са́нкт-Петербу́ргу Sánkt-Peterbúrgu |
accusative | Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sánkt-Peterbúrg |
instrumental | Са́нкт-Петербу́ргом Sánkt-Peterbúrgom |
prepositional | Са́нкт-Петербу́рге Sánkt-Peterbúrge |
Synonyms
- Се́верная Пальми́ра (Sévernaja Palʹmíra)
Related terms
- петербу́ржец (peterbúržec)
- санктпетербу́ржец (sanktpeterbúržec)
- петербу́ргский (peterbúrgskij)
- са́нкт-петербу́ргский (sánkt-peterbúrgskij)
See also
- Ленингра́д (Leningrád)
- Петрогра́д (Petrográd)
Categories:
- Russian terms borrowed from German
- Russian terms derived from German
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian proper nouns
- Russian multiword terms
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian eponyms
- ru:Cities in Russia