Dresden

Meaning

Dresden (an independent city, the capital city of Saxony)

Hyphenated as

Dres‧den

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʁeːsdn̩/

Etymology

From Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

Sentences

Viele Maschinen wurden in Dresden zusammengezogen .

Many of the engines were rehomed at Dresden.

Er blieb in Dresden und erlernte den Beruf eines Lithografen.

He stayed in Dresden and learned the trade of a lithographer.

Von der Technischen Hochschule Dresden erhielt er die Ehrendoktorwürde.

He received an honorary doctorate from the Dresden University of Technology.