Königsberg

See also: Konigsberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• (like German) enPR: kœ′nĭᴋʜs-bĕrk′, IPA^(key): (rhotic) /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɹk/, (non-rhotic) /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɜːk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː.nɪɡzˌbɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜ.nɪɡzˌbɝɡ/, /ˈkeɪ.nɪɡzˌbɝɡ/, enPR: kā′nĭgz-bûrg′
• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg

1. (historical) The former capital of East Prussia, Germany, now Kaliningrad, Russia.

Related terms

• Königsberger Klopse

Translations

the former capital of East Prussia — see also Kaliningrad

• Afrikaans: Koningsberg
• Arabic: كُونِيغْسْبَرْغ f (kūnīḡsbarḡ)
• Armenian: Քյոնիգսբերգ (Kʻyonigsberg)
• Azerbaijani: Köniqsberq
• Bashkir: Көнигсберг (Königsberg)
• Belarusian: Караля́вец m (Karaljávjec), Кёнігсберг m (Kjónihsbjerh), Кёнігсбе́рг m (Kjonihsbjérh)
• Bengali: কেনিগ্‌সবের্গ (kenig‌śobergo)
• Bulgarian: Кьо́нигсберг m (Kjónigsberg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柯尼斯堡 (Kēnísībǎo), 哥尼斯堡 (zh) (Gēnísībǎo)

• Czech: Královec (cs) m
• Danish: Königsberg n
• Dutch: Koningsbergen n
• Esperanto: Kenigsbergo
• Estonian: Königsberg (et)
• Finnish: Königsberg (fi)
• French: Kœnigsberg m, Königsberg (fr) m
• Georgian: კენიგსბერგი (ḳenigsbergi)
• German: Königsberg (de) n
• Greek: Καινιξβέργη f (Kainixvérgi), Κένιγκσμπεργκ n (Kénigksmpergk)
• Hebrew: קֶנִיגְסְבֶּרְג f (kenigsbérg)
• Hindi: कोनिग्सबर्ग (konigsabarg)
• Hungarian: Königsberg (hu), Königsberga (dated)
• Italian: Königsberg f
• Japanese: ケーニヒスベルク (Kēnihisuberuku)
• Kannada: ಕೋನಿಗ್ಸ್‌ಬರ್ಗ್ (kōnigs‌barg)
• Korean: 쾨니히스베르크 (Koenihiseubereukeu)
• Latin: Rēgiomontum n, Rēgiomontium n, ^{(please verify)} Rēgiomontānum n
• Latvian: Kēnigsberga f, Karaļauči m
• Lithuanian: Karaliaučius m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Königsbarg n (in some dialects), Kensbarg n (Natangian Low Prussian), Kensborg n (Elbingian Low Prussian)

• Malayalam: കൊനിഗ്സ്ബർഗ് (konigsbaṟgŭ)
• North Frisian: Könningsbeerg
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Königsberg n

• Old Polish: Królewiec m, Królówgród m, Kralowgród m
• Persian: کونیگسبرگ (konigsberg)
• Polish: Królewiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Conisberga f, Königsberg f, Konigsberg f
• Romanian: Königsberg m
• Russian: Кёнигсберг (ru) m (Kjónigsberg), Кёнигсбе́рг (ru) m (Kjonigsbérg), Короле́вец m (Korolévec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Краљевиц m, Кенигсберг m

  Roman: Kraljevic m

• Slovak: Kráľovec m
• Slovene: Kraljevec m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kralowc m

• Spanish: Königsberg (es) m
• Swedish: Königsberg (sv) n
• Tamil: கோனிசுபர்க் (kōṉicupark)
• Telugu: కోనిగ్స్‌బర్గ్ (kōnigs‌barg‌)
• Thai: เคอนิชส์แบร์ค (kəə-nít-bɛ̀ɛk)
• Turkish: Königsberg
• Ukrainian: Ке́ніґсберґ m (Kénigsberg), Кеніґсбе́рґ m (Kenigsbérg), Ке́нігсберг (Kénihsberh), Кенігсбе́рг (Kenihsbérh)
• Urdu: کونگسبرگ m (konigasberg)
• West Frisian: Keningsberch
• Yiddish: קעניגסבערג n (kenigsberg)

See also

• Kaliningrad
• Prussia

Further reading

• “Königsberg”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Königsberg”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “königsberg”, in Collins English Dictionary.

German

Etymology

From König (“king”) +‎ Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɐ̯k/

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• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg n (proper noun, genitive Königsbergs or (optionally with an article) Königsberg)

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia), now known as Kaliningrad

Declension

Declension of Königsberg [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Königsberg
genitive	eines	des	Königsbergs, Königsberg
dative	einem	dem	Königsberg
accusative	ein	das	Königsberg

Derived terms

• Königsberger
  • Königsbergerin
  • Königsberger Klopse

Related terms

• Königgrätz, Königstein, Königswartha, Königs Wusterhausen
• Altenberg, Kaysersberg, Tannenberg

See also

• Kaliningrad

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour/honor of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkø.ni(ɡ)ˌzbɛrɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɡ
• (low-register) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ni(ɡ).zberɡ/, /ˈke.ni(ɡ).zberɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔni(ɡ)zberɡ, -eni(ɡ)zberɡ

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrad

Portuguese

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. Alternative spelling of Konigsberg

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkenisbeɾ/ [ˈke.niz.β̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -enisbeɾ
• Syllabification: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg m

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrado

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Proper noun

Königsberg

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrad