Dortmund

Dortmund

English

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. A major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

Translations

a city in western Germany

Akan: Dɔtmɔnd Chinese: Mandarin: 多特蒙德 (zh) (Duōtèméngdé) Danish: Dortmund Farefare: Dɔrtmʋnt, Dɔrtmʋnd French: Dortmund (fr) Old French: Tremoigne German: Dortmund (de) n Greek: Ντόρτμουντ (el) (Dórtmount) Greenlandic: Dortmund Japanese: ドルトムント (Dorutomunto) Latin: Tremonia f Low German: German Low German: Düörpm n Polish: Dortmund (pl) m Russian: До́ртмунд (ru) m (Dórtmund) Swedish: Dortmund (sv) n

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Danish

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Dortmunde, from Old Saxon Throtmenni. Further origin uncertain. The first component may be Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔrtmʊnt/, [ˈdɔʁt.mʊnt], [ˈdɔɐ̯t-], [ˈdɔːt-]

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Proper noun

Dortmund n (proper noun, genitive Dortmunds or (optionally with an article) Dortmund)

1. Dortmund (a major city in Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. Short for Borussia Dortmund (“football club”).

   Synonym: BVB

Derived terms

• Dortmunder

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Greenlandic

Proper noun

Dortmund

1. Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)
   • 1997, "NUNARSUAQ TAMAAT QILAATERSORFIGAA", Atuagagdliutit

     Ilinniarnertuut 500-t Dortmund-ip ilisimatusarfiani katersuupput.

     500 students gathered in Dortmund university.