Assyrien

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsyːʁiən/
• Hyphenation: As‧sy‧ri‧en

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Proper noun

Assyrien n (proper noun, genitive Assyriens or (optionally with an article) Assyrien)

1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
   • 1912, Martin Luther (d. 1546) and others, Lutherbibel von 1912, Isaiah 10:12 (with KJV translation)

     Wenn aber der HERR all sein Werk ausgerichtet hat auf dem Berge Zion und zu Jerusalem, will ich heimsuchen die Frucht des Hochmuts des Königs von Assyrien und die Pracht seiner Hoffärtigen Augen.

     Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Further reading

• “Assyrien” in Duden online