Leipzig

Meaning

1. (neuter,proper-noun) Leipzig (a city in Saxony, Germany)
2. (neuter,proper-noun) A rural district of Saxony. Seat: Borna
3. (neuter,proper-noun) A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379, Saskatchewan, Canada
4. (neuter,proper-noun) Leyptsig (a village in the Varnensky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)

Concepts

Leipzig

Germany

Hyphenated as

Leip‧zig

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaɪpt͡sɪç/

Etymology

From a Slavic name like Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian Lipsk (literally “place of linden trees”); compare Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian lipa, from Proto-Slavic *lìpa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Early spellings of the name in Latin include Libzi, Lipzk and the standard Lipsia.

Sentences

Auf dem Friedhof Plagwitz in Leipzig fand er seine letzte Ruhestätte.

He found his final resting place in the Plagwitz cemetery in Leipzig.

In Leipzig erkrankte er lebensgefährlich an einer Hirnhautentzündung .

In Leipzig, he was critically ill with meningitis.