Berlin
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit(German city and state):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈlɪn/, /bɜːˈlɪn/, (rarely) /bɛə̯ˈlɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): [bɚˈlɪn]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
(US cities and towns, and compounds derived from the German city and state):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː.lɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝ.lɪn/, enPR: bûrʹlĭn
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Proper noun
editBerlin (countable and uncountable, plural Berlins)
- The capital and largest city of Germany.
- (metonymically) The German government.
- 2014, Christopher Simpson, “three”, in Mark Crispin Miller, editor, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy[2], New York: Open Road Media, →ISBN, page 79:
- The practical implication of this decision in the world of 1948 is clear: The United States would indeed support the veterans of the Vlasov Army, the eastern SS collaborators, and other groups that had permitted themselves to become pawns of Berlin during the war.
- A state of Germany containing the capital city.
- A surname from German.
- A female given name from German.
- A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
- A small town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
- A place in the United States
- The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States.
- A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
- A small city in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
- A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States.
- A town in Worcester County, Mississippi, United States.
- The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States.
- The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
- A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
- A city in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
- A town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.
- A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, United States.
- A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States.
- A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
- A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
- Ellipsis of Berlin Township.
Derived terms
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editArea states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia |
City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |
Noun
editBerlin
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Berlin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Central Franconian
editProper noun
editBerlin n
- Berlin
- 1909, Heinrich Koch, Kölsche Verzällcher. II. Bändchen, Köln, p. 38:
- Der ganze Dag hat se mem Annche gesprov, un dat Vüggelche hatt esu staats gesunge, dat ald Mutter un Doochter üvverlaht hatte, ov de Huhzicksreis no Berlin ov no Italie gemaht sollt wähde.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, das kölsche liedbuch, (Lund Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Köln), p. 32, song Hey Kölle! Do bes e Jeföhl:
- Ich han die Städte der Welt jesin,
ich wor in Rio, in New York un Berlin!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1909, Heinrich Koch, Kölsche Verzällcher. II. Bändchen, Köln, p. 38:
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editBerlin
- Berlin (the capital city of Germany)
Danish
editPronunciation
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editBerlin
Faroese
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editBerlin m
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin m
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editÉtats de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe |
cités-États: Berlin · Brême · Hambourg |
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editThe place is first mentioned by this name in the late 12th century (as Middle Low German Berlyn).
The origin is unknown. Slavic by the suffix -in.
According to (incorrect) folk etymology, the name is derived from the Bär (“bear”) that is the symbol of the city.
In a popular etymology of Germanists, it is derived from a Polabian stem *berl- ~ *birl- (“swamp”), for which lexical item there is no evidence in Polabian nor in any Slavic language. Closest to that would be an unknown simple of *bьrlogъ (“cave”).
Attested vocabulary is Polabian poro (“swamp, bog”). *bělь also meant a “swampy meadow” or “white field”, which fits the location at the märkische Streusandbüchse, the “Margraviate pounce box” notorious for its sandy soil, and is also the noun behind Belitz.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard New High German) IPA(key): [bɛʁˈliːn], [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn],
- (Berlinisch) IPA(key): [bɐ̠liːn], [bɐ̠liːən][1]
Audio (Berlin, standard): (file) Audio: (file) Audio: (file)
Proper noun
editBerlin n (proper noun, genitive Berlins or (optionally with an article) Berlin, plural Berlin)
- Berlin (the capital and largest city and state of Germany)
- 1800, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Berlin ist mehr ein Weltteil als eine Stadt.
- Berlin is more a part of a world than a city.
- 1910, Karl Scheffler, author of Berlin: Ein Stadtschicksal:
- Berlin ist eine Stadt, verdammt dazu, ewig zu werden, niemals zu sein.
- Berlin is a city damned forever to become, never to be.
- (metonymically) Berlin (federal government of Germany)
Meronyms
editDerived terms
edit- Alt-Berlin
- Berlin-Dahlem
- Berlin-Friedrichshain
- Berlin-Johannisthal
- Berlin-Köpenik
- Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Berlin-Marzahn
- Berlin-Mitte
- Berlin-Moabit
- Berlin-Neukölln
- Berlin-Pankow
- Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
- Berlin-Reinickendorf
- Berlin-Steglitz
- Berlin-Treptow
- Berlin-Wedding
- Berlin-Wilmersdorf
- Berlin-Zehlendorf
- Berlinale
- Berline
- Berliner
- berlinfern
- berlinisch
- berlinnah
- einen Koffer in Berlin haben
- Großberlin, Groß-Berlin
- Ostberlin, Ost-Berlin
- Westberlin, West-Berlin
Related terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editFlächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen |
Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |
References
edit- ^ “Peter Schlobinski: Zur r-Vokalisierung im Berlinischen. — Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2016 February 5 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 July 2017
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Berlin | — |
accusative | Berlint | — |
dative | Berlinnek | — |
instrumental | Berlinnel | — |
causal-final | Berlinért | — |
translative | Berlinné | — |
terminative | Berlinig | — |
essive-formal | Berlinként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Berlinben | — |
superessive | Berlinen | — |
adessive | Berlinnél | — |
illative | Berlinbe | — |
sublative | Berlinre | — |
allative | Berlinhez | — |
elative | Berlinből | — |
delative | Berlinről | — |
ablative | Berlintől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Berliné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Berlinéi | — |
Possessive forms of Berlin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Berlinem | — |
2nd person sing. | Berlined | — |
3rd person sing. | Berlinje | — |
1st person plural | Berlinünk | — |
2nd person plural | Berlinetek | — |
3rd person plural | Berlinjük | — |
Derived terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
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editBerlin
Norwegian Nynorsk
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editBerlin
Polish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin m inan (related adjective berliński)
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Declension
editDerived terms
editSee also
editArea states: Badenia-Wirtembergia · Bawaria · Brandenburgia · Hesja · Dolna Saksonia · Meklemburgia-Pomorze Przednie · Nadrenia Północna-Westfalia · Nadrenia-Palatynat · Saara · Saksonia · Saksonia-Anhalt · Szlezwik-Holsztyn · Turyngia |
City states: Berlin · Brema · Hamburg |
Further reading
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editBerlin f
- Alternative form of Berlim
Romanian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin n
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | Berlin | Berlinul |
genitive-dative | Berlin | Berlinului |
vocative | Berlinule |
Derived terms
editSerbo-Croatian
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editBèrlīn m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрлӣн)
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Declension
editSwedish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin n (genitive Berlins)
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
References
editTatar
editProper noun
editBerlin
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
Declension
editTurkish
editProper noun
editBerlin
Welsh
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBerlin f
- Berlin (the capital city of Germany)
Mutation
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- nhn:Berlin
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- da:Berlin
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- fo:Berlin
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- de:Berlin
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in
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- Hungarian lemmas
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- hu:Berlin
- hu:Cities in Germany
- hu:National capitals
- hu:Places in Germany
- hu:States of Germany
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- nb:Berlin
- nb:Cities in Germany
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in Germany
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- nn:Berlin
- nn:Cities in Germany
- nn:National capitals
- nn:Places in Germany
- nn:States of Germany
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛrlin
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Berlin
- pl:Cities in Germany
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- ro:Berlin
- ro:Cities in Germany
- ro:National capitals
- ro:Places in Germany
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- sh:Berlin
- sh:Cities in Germany
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in Germany
- sh:States of Germany
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- sv:Berlin
- sv:Cities in Germany
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Germany
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- tt:Berlin
- tt:Cities in Germany
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- tr:Berlin
- tr:Cities in Germany
- tr:National capitals
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- tr:States of Germany
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- Rhymes:Welsh/ɪn
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- cy:Berlin
- cy:Cities in Germany
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