Salzburg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Salzburg, from Salz (“salt”) + Burg (“castle, fort”), from its former importance protecting the salt trade on the Salzach, itself derived from Salz + Aach, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/, /ˈsɔːltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Salzburg

1. A city, the capital of the state of Salzburg, western Austria, famed for its baroque architecture and importance in musical history.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 1:

     Take Salzburg. By no means the chief city of Austria, but a Jerusalem to any music lover.

   • 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.

2. The present federal state of Austria surrounding the city.
3. (historical) The former sovereign archbishopric surrounding the city.

Coordinate terms

states of Austriaedit

• Burgenland
• Carinthia
• Lower Austria
• Salzburg
• Styria
• Tyrol
• Upper Austria
• Vienna
• Vorarlberg

Derived terms

• Salzburger, Salzburgian, salzburgite

Translations

city

• Arabic: سَالْزْبُورْغ m (sālzbūrḡ)
• Armenian: Զալցբուրգ (hy) (Zalcʻburg)
• Bengali: সলজবুর্গ (śôlôzburg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾茨堡 / 萨尔茨堡 (zh) (Sà'ěrcíbǎo) (mainland China), 薩爾茲堡 / 萨尔兹堡 (Sà'ěrzībǎo) (Taiwan)

• Corsican: Salisburgu f
• Czech: Salcburk (cs) m, Solnohrad (cs) m
• Danish: Salzburg
• French: Salzbourg (fr) m
• Galician: Salzburgo
• Georgian: ზალცბურგი (zalcburgi)
• German: Salzburg (de) n

  Bavarian: Soizburg, Såizburg

• Greek: Σάλτσμπουργκ (el) (Sáltsmpourgk)
• Hindi: साल्ज़बर्ग m (sālzabarg)
• Italian: Salisburgo (it) f
• Japanese: ザルツブルク (Zarutsuburuku)
• Korean: 잘츠부르크 (Jalcheubureukeu)
• Latin: Salisburgum n
• Latvian: Zalcburga f
• Macedonian: Салцбург m (Salcburg)
• Portuguese: Salisburgo f, Salzburgo f, Salzburg f
• Russian: За́льцбург (ru) m (Zálʹcburg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Салцбург m

  Latin: Salcburg m

• Spanish: Salzburgo (es)
• Turkish: Salzburg (tr)

modern Austrian state

• Arabic: سَالْزْبُورْغ m (sālzbūrḡ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾茲堡 / 萨尔兹堡 (Sà'ěrzībǎo), 薩爾茨堡 / 萨尔茨堡 (zh) (Sà'ěrcíbǎo)

• Czech: Salcbursko (cs) n, Solnohradsko (cs) n
• Danish: Salzburg
• French: Salzbourg (fr) m
• Galician: Salzburgo
• German: Salzburg (de) n

  Bavarian: Soizburg, Såizburg

• Greek: Σάλτσμπουργκ (el) (Sáltsmpourgk)
• Italian: Salisburgo (it) m
• Japanese: ザルツブルク (Zarutsuburuku)
• Korean: 잘츠부르크 (Jalcheubureukeu)
• Macedonian: Салцбург m (Salcburg)
• Persian: زالتسبورگ (zâlsburg)
• Portuguese: Salisburgo f, Salzburgo f, Salzburg f
• Russian: За́льцбург (ru) m (Zálʹcburg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Салцбург m

  Latin: Salcburg m

• Spanish: Salzburgo (es)
• Turkish: Salzburg (tr)

Catalan

Proper noun

Salzburg m

1. Salzburg

German

Etymology

From Salz (“salt”) + Burg (“castle, fort”), from its former importance guarding the salt trade on the Salzach, itself derived from Salz + Aach.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Salzburg n (proper noun, genitive Salzburgs or (optionally with an article) Salzburg)

1. Salzburg (a city in Austria)
2. Salzburg (a state of Austria)

Derived terms

• Salzburger
• salzburgisch

See also

states of Austria: Länder Österreichsedit

• Burgenland
• Kärnten
• Niederösterreich
• Oberösterreich
• Salzburg
• Steiermark
• Tirol
• Vorarlberg
• Wien

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzal.d͡zburk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ald͡zburk
• Syllabification: Sal‧zburg

Proper noun

Salzburg m inan (related adjective salcburski)

1. Salzburg (a state of Austria)

Declension

Declension of Salzburg

	singular
nominative	Salzburg
genitive	Salzburgu
dative	Salzburgowi
accusative	Salzburg
instrumental	Salzburgiem
locative	Salzburgu
vocative	Salzburgu

See also

states of Austria: kraje Austriiedit

• Burgenland
• Dolna Austria
• Górna Austria
• Karyntia
• Salzburg
• Styria
• Tyrol
• Vorarlberg, Przedarulania
• Wiedeń

References

• Salzburg in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Salzburg f

1. alternative form of Salzburgo