Stalingrad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сталингра́д (Stalingrád). Named after Soviet supreme leader Joseph Stalin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːlɪnɡræd/

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Proper noun

Stalingrad

2. (historical) Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961.
3. The World War II siege and battle occurring in the city.

   Synonyms: Battle of Stalingrad, Siege of Stalingrad

Derived terms

• Helengrad

Related terms

• Stalin
• Stalinabad

Translations

former name of Volgograd

• Armenian: Ստալինգրադ (Stalingrad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯大林格勒 (zh) (Sīdàlíngélè), 史達林格勒 / 史达林格勒 (Shǐdálíngélè)

• Czech: Stalingrad (cs) m
• Danish: Stalingrad
• Dutch: Stalingrad (nl) n
• German: Stalingrad (de)
• Greek: Στάλινγκραντ (el) n (Stálingkrant)
• Italian: Stalingrado
• Japanese: スターリングラード (Sutāringurādo)
• Marathi: स्टालिनग्राड (sṭālinagrāḍ)
• Persian: استالینگراد (estâlingerâd)
• Russian: Сталингра́д (ru) m (Stalingrád)
• Spanish: Stalingrado (es)
• Swedish: Stalingrad n
• Yiddish: סטאַלינגראַד (stalingrad)

city of Volgograd — see Volgograd

See also

• Volgograd on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Battle of Stalingrad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Proper noun

Stalingrad m inan (relational adjective stalingradský, demonym Stalingradec)

1. (historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)

Declension

Declension of Stalingrad (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Stalingrad
genitive	Stalingradu
dative	Stalingradu
accusative	Stalingrad
vocative	Stalingrade
locative	Stalingradě, Stalingradu
instrumental	Stalingradem

Further reading

• “Stalingrad”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Stalingrad”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaː.lɪnˌɡraːt/, /ˈstaː-/, /-liːn-/, /-ˌɡrat/
• Though Stalin is predominantly pronounced with /iː/, the vowel loses its length for most speakers due to the position between two stressed syllables.

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Stalingrad n (proper noun, genitive Stalingrads or (optionally with an article) Stalingrad)

1. (historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)

Noun

Stalingrad n (strong, genitive Stalingrads, plural Stalingrads)

1. a decisive defeat; a Waterloo

   Synonym: Waterloo

Derived terms

• sein Stalingrad erleben

Swedish

Proper noun

Stalingrad n (genitive Stalingrads)

1. (historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)