Düsseldorf

1. (neuter, proper-noun) Düsseldorf (an independent city, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. (neuter, proper-noun) an administrative region of North Rhine-Westphalia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʏsəlˌdɔrf/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: þysja

Cognate with Old English: þys

Cognate with Old Norse: þyssa

In summary

1135, from Rhenish dialect Dusseldorp, from the river Düssel (from Proto-Germanic *þusila-, from Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”)) + Dorf (“village”). The first element is related to *þusjaną, the root of tosen (“to roar, rage”), Icelandic þysja (“to rush”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”), Old Norse þyssa (“uproar, tumult”).

Concepts

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Duesseldorf

Translations

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دوسلدورف

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Ντίσελντορφ

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