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Berlin

See also: berlin, Berliin, berlín, Berlín, and Berlîn

EnglishEdit

 
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The location of Berlin within Germany.
 
The Reichstag, the seat of the German parliament, is one of the most recognisable buildings in Berlin.

EtymologyEdit

From the German Berlin.

PronunciationEdit

(German city and state):

(US cities and towns, and compounds derived from the German city and state):

Proper nounEdit

Berlin (countable and uncountable, plural Berlins)

  1. The capital and largest city of Germany.
  2. (metonymically) The German government.
    • 2014, Simpson, Christopher, “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.
  3. A state of Germany containing the capital city.
  4. A surname from German.
  5. A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  6. The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
  8. A small town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
  9. A place in the United States
    1. The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States.
    2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    3. A small city in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States.
    4. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
    5. A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.
    6. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
    7. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
    8. A town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States.
    9. A town in Worcester County, Mississippi, United States.
    10. The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States.
    11. The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
    12. A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
    13. A city in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
    14. A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
    15. A town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.
    16. A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States.
    17. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
    18. An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, United States.
    19. A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    20. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.
    21. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States.
    22. A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
    23. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
    24. A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
    25. A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.
    26. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. Ellipsis of Berlin Township.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

Berlin

  1. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Part 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 FranconianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin n

  1. 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.
    • 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!

Central NahuatlEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital city of Germany)

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

FaroeseEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Berlin m

  1. Berlin (the capital of Germany)

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin m

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → Vietnamese: Béc-lanh

GermanEdit

 
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The oldest seal of the city, from 1253, bears the inscription [SI]GILLVM DE BERLIN BURG[EN]S[IUM] (Siegel der Bürger von Berlin).

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

The 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 *-inъ.

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”). The suffixes *-inъ and *-ogъ have the same meaning, so Berlin can be translated as "den, cave, lair".

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.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Standard New High German) IPA(key): [bɛʁˈliːn], [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn],
  • (Berlinisch) IPA(key): [bɐ̠liːn], [bɐ̠liːən][1]
  • (Berlin, standard pronunciation)
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Proper nounEdit

Berlin n (proper noun, genitive Berlins or (optionally with an article) Berlin, plural Berlin)

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city 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.
  2. (metonymically) Berlin (federal government of Germany)
  3. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “Peter Schlobinski: Zur r-Vokalisierung im Berlinischen. — Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 5 February 2016, archived from the original on 2017-07-05

HungarianEdit

 Berlin on Hungarian Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛrlin]
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin
  • Rhymes: -in

Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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
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 termsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin m

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Berlin
singular
nominative Berlin
genitive Berlina
dative Berlinowi
accusative Berlin
instrumental Berlinem
locative Berlinie
vocative Berlinie

Derived termsEdit

adjective
nouns

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin f

  1. Alternative form of Berlim

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin n

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

DeclensionEdit

declension of Berlin (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) Berlin Berlinul
genitive/dative (unui) Berlin Berlinului
vocative Berlinule

Derived termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /běrliːn/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

Proper nounEdit

Bèrlīn m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрлӣн)

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Berlin
singular
nominative Bèrlīn
genitive Berlína
dative Berlinu
accusative Berlin
vocative Berline
locative Berlinu
instrumental Berlinom

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin n (genitive Berlins)

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

TatarEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

DeclensionEdit

    declension of Berlin
Nominative Berlin
Genitive Berlinnıñ
Dative Berlinga
Accusative Berlinnı
Locative Berlinda
Ablative Berlindan

ReferencesEdit

TurkishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin

  1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

WelshEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Berlin f

  1. Berlin (the capital city of Germany)

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Berlin Ferlin Merlin unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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