Schleswig

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schleswig, from the Schlei, a narrow inlet of the Baltic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɛsvɪɡ/, /ˈʃlɛswɪɡ/

Proper noun

Schleswig

2. A geographic area and former Danish duchy in Northern Europe, located on the southern Jutland peninsula between the rivers Eider and Kongeå; now politically divided between Denmark and Germany.
4. A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
6. A small city in Crawford County, Iowa.
8. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms

• Sleswick (archaic)
• Sleswig (dated)

Derived terms

• Duchy of Schleswig
• Schleswiger
• Schleswig-Flensburg
• Schleswig-Holstein

Translations

region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石勒蘇益格 / 石勒苏益格

• Czech: Šlesvicko (cs) n, Šlesvik m
• Danish: Slesvig
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Slaswik

• Georgian: შლეზვიგი (šlezvigi)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Sleswig

town

• Czech: Šlesvik m
• Danish: Slesvig
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Slaswik

• Low German:

  German Low German: Sleswig

• Polish: Szlezwik (pl) m inan

See also

• Schleswig (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

From Danish Slesvig (literally “inlet of the Schlei”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃleːsvɪç/, /ˈʃleːsvɪk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Schles‧wig

Proper noun

Schleswig n (proper noun, genitive Schleswigs or (optionally with an article) Schleswig)

1. Schleswig (a geographic area and former Danish duchy in Northern Europe, located on the southern Jutland peninsula between the rivers Eider and Kongeå; now politically divided between Denmark and Germany)
2. Schleswig (a town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)