Lëtzebuerg
Appearance
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier forms Lützelburg, Lutzburg, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc (ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”)), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz + *burgz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lëtzebuerg n
- Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
- Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
- Luxembourg (one of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
Usage notes
[edit]- The city of Luxembourg is usually referred to as d’Stad (“the City”) or, when needed for clarity, d’Stad Lëtzebuerg. The use of the bare name has in fact become rare in this sense, except in special contexts (e.g. when comparing Luxembourg City to another city, or the like).
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish terms with audio pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish proper nouns
- Luxembourgish neuter nouns
- lb:Luxembourg
- lb:Countries in Europe
- lb:Provinces of Belgium
- lb:Places in Belgium
- lb:Cities in Luxembourg
- lb:National capitals
- lb:Places in Luxembourg
- lb:Cantons of Luxembourg