Dortmund

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dortmund.

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. A major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
   • 2023 May 12, George Ramsay, “After a record-breaking season, Erling Haaland is on track to become ‘the best striker ever’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund.

Translations

a city in western Germany

• Akan: Dɔtmɔnd
• Belarusian: До́ртмунд m (Dórtmund)
• Bulgarian: До́ртмунд m (Dórtmund)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多蒙特 (do¹ mung⁴ dak⁶)

  Mandarin: 多特蒙德 (zh) (Duōtèméngdé)

• Danish: Dortmund
• Farefare: Dɔrtmʋnt, Dɔrtmʋnd
• French: Dortmund (fr)

  Old French: Tremoigne

• German: Dortmund (de) n
• Greek: Ντόρτμουντ (el) (Ntórtmount)
• Greenlandic: Dortmund
• Japanese: ドルトムント (Dorutomunto)
• Latin: Tremonia f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Düörpm n

• Marathi: डॉर्टमुंट (ḍŏrṭamuṇṭa)
• Polish: Dortmund (pl) m
• Russian: До́ртмунд (ru) m (Dórtmund)
• Swedish: Dortmund (sv) n
• Ukrainian: До́ртмунд m (Dórtmund)
• Vietnamese: Đoóc-mun

Danish

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Dortmunde, from Old Saxon Throtmenni. Further origin uncertain. The first component may be Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔrtmʊnt/, [ˈdɔʁt.mʊnt], [ˈdɔɐ̯t-], [ˈdɔːt-]

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Dortmund n (proper noun, genitive Dortmunds or (optionally with an article) Dortmund)

1. Dortmund (a major independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund (“football club”)

   Synonym: BVB

Derived terms

• Dortmunder

Greenlandic

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)
   • 1997, “NUNARSUAQ TAMAAT QILAATERSORFIGAA”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Ilinniarnertuut 500-t Dortmund-ip ilisimatusarfiani katersuupput.

     500 students gathered at Dortmund University.