Berlin

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See also: berlin, Berliin, berlín, Berlín, and Berlîn

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.

Etymology

From the German Berlin.

Pronunciation

(German city and state):

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(US cities and towns):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪn
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Proper noun

Berlin

  1. The capital city of Germany.
  2. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
  3. A surname from German
  4. Any of a number of cities and towns in the United States, of which the largest are Berlin, Connecticut, and Berlin, New Hampshire.
  5. (metonymically) The German government.
    • 2014, Christopher Simpson, “three”, in Mark Crispin Miller, editor, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy‎[1], New York: Open Road Media, →ISBN, page 79:
      The practical implication of this decision in the world of 1948 is clear: The United States would indeed support the veterans of the Vlasov Army, the eastern SS collaborators, and other groups that had permitted themselves to become pawns of Berlin during the war.

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

Berlin

  1. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Berlin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b̥æɐ̯ˈliːˀn]

Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin, the capital of Germany

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʁ.lɛ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Berlin m

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

German

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The oldest seal of the city, from 1253, bears the inscription SIGILLVM DE BERLIN BVRGENSIS (Siegel der Bürger von Berlin).

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Berlin n (genitive Berlins)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • 1999, Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Bibliographisches Institut →ISBN
  1. ^ https://www.germanistik.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/deutsches_seminar/publikationen/64.pdf

Hungarian

 Berlin on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛrlin]
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital city of Germany)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Berlin —
accusative Berlint —
dative Berlinnek —
instrumental Berlinnel —
causal-final Berlinért —
translative Berlinné —
terminative Berlinig —
essive-formal Berlinként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Berlinben —
superessive Berlinen —
adessive Berlinnél —
illative Berlinbe —
sublative Berlinre —
allative Berlinhez —
elative Berlinből —
delative Berlinről —
ablative Berlintől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Berliné —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Berlinéi —
Possessive forms of Berlin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Berlinem —
2nd person sing. Berlined —
3rd person sing. Berlinje —
1st person plural Berlinünk —
2nd person plural Berlinetek —
3rd person plural Berlinjük —

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin, federal capital of Germany

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin, federal capital of Germany

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berlin m

  1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany

Declension

Declension of Berlin
singular
nominative Berlin
genitive Berlina
dative Berlinowi
accusative Berlin
instrumental Berlinem
locative Berlinie
vocative Berlinie

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

Berlin f

  1. Alternative form of Berlim

Romanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berlin n

  1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany

Declension

declension of Berlin ( only)
gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative — —
genitive/dative — —
vocative —

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běrliːn/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

Proper noun

Bèrlīn m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрлӣн)

  1. (uncountable) Berlin

Declension

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berlin n (genitive Berlins)

  1. Berlin, the capital of Germany

Tatar

Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin

Declension

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

References

Turkish

Proper noun

Berlin

  1. Berlin
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