Berlin

From the German Berlin.

(German city and state):

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bə.ˈlɪn/, /bɜː.ˈlɪn/
• (General American): IPA^(key): [bɚ.ˈlɪn]

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(US cities and towns):

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.lɪn/
• (General American): IPA^(key): /ˈbɚ.lɪn/, enPR: bûrʹlĭn
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Berlin

1. The capital city of Germany.
2. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
3. A surname​.
4. Any of a number of cities and towns in the United States, of which the largest are Berlin, Connecticut, and Berlin, New Hampshire.

Berlin

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

• Berlin wool
• Berlin worsted

• Berlin shop
• Berlin work

• IPA^(key): [b̥æɐ̯ˈliːˀn]

Berlin

1. Berlin, the capital of Germany

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.lɛ̃/

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Berlin m

1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany
2. Berlin, a state in Germany

• Berl. (abbreviation)

Possibly from the Polabian stem berl- / birl- (“swamp”) + suffix -in. The place is first mentioned by this name in the late 12th century (as Middle Low German Berlyn). According to (incorrect) folk etymology, the name is derived from the Bär (“bear”) that is the symbol of the city.

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

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Berlin n (genitive Berlins)

1. Berlin (capital of Germany; one of its current constituent states)
   • 1800, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter:

     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. (figuratively) Berlin (federal government of Germany)

• Berliner Blau
• Berolina
• Berolinismus

• 1999, Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Bibliographisches Institut →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrlin]
• Hyphenation: Ber‧lin

Berlin

1. Berlin

• berlini

Berlin

1. Berlin, federal capital of Germany

Berlin

1. Berlin, federal capital of Germany

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.lʲin/

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Berlin m

1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany

• berlińczyk m, berlinianka f (rare: berlinka)
• adjective: berliński

• Berlin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Berlin f

1. Alternative form of Berlim

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.lin̪/

Berlin n

1. Berlin, the capital city of Germany

• berlinez m, berlineză f
• adjective: berlinez

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

Bèrlīn m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрлӣн)

1. (uncountable) Berlin

Berlin n (genitive Berlins)

1. Berlin, the capital of Germany

Berlin

1. Berlin

Berlin

1. Berlin