Sankt Petersburg

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg n (proper noun, genitive Sankt Petersburgs or (optionally with an article) Sankt Petersburg)

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)

Declension

Declension of Sankt Petersburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Sankt Petersburg
genitive	des	Sankt Petersburgs, Sankt Petersburg1
dative	dem	Sankt Petersburg
accusative	das	Sankt Petersburg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Sankt Petersburger
  • Sankt Petersburgerin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrg), from German Sankt Peterburg (“Saint Peter's City”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋkt ˈpɛ.tɛrz.burk/

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• Syllabification: Sankt Pe‧ters‧burg

Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg m inan

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)

   Synonym: Petersburg

Declension

Declension of Sankt Petersburg

	singular
nominative	Sankt Petersburg
genitive	Sankt Petersburga
dative	Sankt Petersburgowi
accusative	Sankt Petersburg
instrumental	Sankt Petersburgiem
locative	Sankt Petersburgu
vocative	Sankt Petersburgu

Derived terms

adjective

• sanktpetersburski

Further reading

• Sankt Petersburg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sankt Petersburg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg n

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)

Synonyms

• Leningrad
• Petrograd