Freiburg

English

Etymology

German frei (“free”) +‎ Burg (“fortification”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹaɪ.bɜː(ɹ)ɡ/
• Hyphenation: Frei‧burg

Proper noun

Freiburg

1. A canton of Switzerland. (the German name)

   Synonyms: canton of Freiburg, (the French name) Fribourg, canton of Fribourg

2. The capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland. (the German name)

   Synonym: (the French name) Fribourg

3. A German city in Baden-Württemberg located in the Black Forest. The population is around 200,000.

   Synonym: (the full name) Freiburg im Breisgau

Translations

a Swiss canton — see Fribourg

a Swiss city — see Fribourg

a German city

• Alemannic German: Freiburg im Breisgau, Friburg im Brisgau
• Catalan: Friburg de Brisgòvia m
• Dutch: Freiburg
• Dyirbal: Freiburg
• Esperanto: Freiburg
• Finnish: Freiburg
• French: Fribourg-en-Brisgau (fr) m
• German: Freiburg im Breisgau (de)
• Greek: Φράιμπουργκ (el) (Fráimpourgk), Φρειβούργο (el) (Freivoúrgo)
• Italian: Friburgo in Brisgovia
• Japanese: フライブルク (Furaiburugu)
• Latin: Friburgum Brisgoviae
• Macedonian: Фрајбург m (Frajburg)
• Norwegian: Freiburg
• Polish: Fryburg Bryzgowijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Friburgo em Brisgóvia m, Freiburg im Breisgau m
• Russian: Фра́йбург (ru) m (Frájburg)
• Spanish: Friburgo (es)
• Swedish: Freiburg

German

Kanton Freiburg (sense 3)

Alternative forms

• FR (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Etymology

From frei (“free”) +‎ Burg (“castle, fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk/

• Audio (Switzerland)

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Proper noun

Freiburg n (proper noun, genitive Freiburgs or (optionally with an article) Freiburg)

1. Freiburg (an independent city in the Black Forest; administrative seat of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; official name: Freiburg im Breisgau)
2. Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland; official name: Freiburg im Üechtland)
3. Fribourg (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton Freiburg

Hypernyms

• (Freiburg): Deutscher, Badener
• (Fribourg): Schweizer, Eidgenosse
  • Mitteleuropäer

Derived terms

• Freiburger
• freiburgisch

See also

• (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich ^{(Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)}

Further reading

• “Freiburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Freiburg” in Duden online
• “Freiburg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon