Neuter

Berlijn

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Meaning

  1. (neuter) Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
  2. (neuter) Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
  3. (neuter) a settlement and former plantation in Para, Suriname

Concepts

Translations

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛrˈlɛi̯n/
Etymology

In summary

Perhaps borrowed from German Berlin. Insofar as the name has undergone diphthongisation it must be of some age; hence possibly inherited from Middle Dutch [Term?], from Middle Low German [Term?]. The city was of relevance since circa 1250.

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