Königsberg

See also: Konigsberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːnɪɡzˌbɜːɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜnɪɡzˌbɝɡ/, /ˈkeɪnɪɡzˌbɝɡ/
• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg

1. (historical) The former capital of East Prussia, Germany, now Kaliningrad, Russia..

Related terms

• Königsberger Klopse

Translations

the former capital of East Prussia — see also Kaliningrad

• Afrikaans: Koningsberg
• Arabic: كُونِيغْسْبَرْغ m (kūnīḡsbarḡ)
• Azerbaijani: Köniqsberq
• Bashkir: Кө́нигсберг (Kö́nigsberg)
• Belarusian: Караля́вец m (Karaljávjec)
• Bulgarian: Кьонигсберг m (Kjonigsberg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柯尼斯堡 (Kēnísībǎo), 哥尼斯堡 (zh) (Gēnísībǎo)

• Czech: Královec (cs) m
• Danish: Königsberg
• Dutch: Koningsbergen n
• Esperanto: Kenigsbergo
• Finnish: Königsberg (fi)
• French: Kœnigsberg m, Königsberg (fr) m
• Georgian: კენიგსბერგი (ḳenigsbergi)
• German: Königsberg (de) n
• Greek: Καινιξβέργη f (Kainixvérgi), Κένιγκσμπεργκ n (Kénigksmpergk)
• Hebrew: קֶנִיגְסְבֶּרְג m (Kenigsbérg)
• Italian: Königsberg f
• Japanese: ケーニヒスベルク (Kēnihisuberuku)
• Korean: 쾨니히스베르크 (Koenihiseubereukeu)
• Latin: Rēgiomontum n, Rēgiomontium n, ^{(please verify)} Rēgiomontānum n
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• Latvian: Kēnigsberga f, Karaļauči m
• Lithuanian: Karaliaučius m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Königsbarg n (in some dialects), Kensbarg n (Natangian Low Prussian), Kensborg n (Elbingian Low Prussian)

• North Frisian: Könningsbeerg
• Norwegian: Königsberg
• Persian: کونیگسبرگ (Konigsberg)
• Polish: Królewiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Conisberga f, Königsberg f, Konigsberg f
• Romanian: Königsberg m
• Russian: Кёнигсберг (ru) m (Kjónigsberg), Кёнигсбе́рг (ru) m (Kjonigsbérg), Короле́вец m (Korolévec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Краљевиц m

  Roman: Kraljevic m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kralowc m

• Spanish: Königsberg (es) m
• Swedish: Königsberg (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Ке́ніґсберґ m (Kénigsberg), Кеніґсбе́рґ m (Kenigsbérg)
• Urdu: کونگسبرگ m (Konigasberg)
• West Frisian: Keningsberch
• Yiddish: קעניגסבערג n (kenigsberg)

See also

• Kaliningrad
• Prussia

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German

Etymology

From König (“king”) +‎ Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɐ̯k/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg n (genitive Königsberg)

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

Derived terms

• Königsberger
  • Königsbergerin
  • Königsberger Klopse

See also

• Kaliningrad

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkø.ni(ɡ)ˌzbɛrɡ/

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrad

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. Alternative spelling of Konigsberg

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkenisbeɾ/ [ˈke.niz.β̞eɾ]

Proper noun

Königsberg m

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrado