Gothenburg

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/
Audio (US) (file)

view of Gothenburg

Proper noun

Gothenburg

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

Derived terms

Gothenburger

Translations

city on the west coast of Sweden

Afrikaans: Gotenburg
Amharic: ዬተቦርይ (yetäbory)
Arabic: غُوتِنْبُرْغ‎ m (ḡūtinburḡ)
Armenian: Գյոտեբորգ (Gyoteborg)
Azerbaijani: Göteborq
Bulgarian: Гьотеборг m (Gjoteborg)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 哥德堡 (Go¹ dak¹ bou²)
Mandarin: 哥德堡 (zh) (Gēdébǎo)
Min Nan: Götebor
Czech: Göteborg (cs) m
Danish: Gøteborg (da) n
Dutch: Göteborg (nl) n, Gotenburg n
Esperanto: Gotenburgo
Estonian: Göteborg (et)
Finnish: Göteborg (fi), (archaic) Göötepori (fi)
French: Göteborg (fr) m, (historically) Gothembourg (fr) m
Galician: Gotemburgo (gl)
Georgian: გეტებორგი (geṭeborgi)
German: Göteborg (de) n, (archaic) Gotenburg n, Gothenburg n
Greek: Γκέτεμποργκ n (Gkétemporgk)
Hebrew: גוטנבורג‎ m, גטבורג‎ m
Hindi: गोथनबर्ग ? (gothanbarg), गोथेनबर्ग ? (gothenbarg)
Hungarian: Göteborg (hu)
Icelandic: Gautaborg (is) f
Inuktitut: ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ (iotapori)
Italian: Göteborg f, (historically) Gotemburgo f
Japanese: ヨーテボリ (Yōtebori), イェーテボリ (Yētebori), イェテボリ (Yetebori), イエテボリ (Ietebori), エーテボリ (Ētebori)
Korean: 예테보리 (Yetebori)
Latin: Gothenburgum n, Gothoburgum n
Latvian: Gēteborga f
Limburgish: Gódsbórg n, Góttebórg n, Jöttebórj n
Lithuanian: Geteborgas m
Macedonian: Ге́теборг m (Géteborg)
Malayalam: യാതെബോറിയ (yātebōṟiya), ഗോഥെൻബർഗ് (gōtheṉbaṟgŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Gøteborg n
Nynorsk: Gøteborg n
Persian: گوتنبورگ‎ (Gotnborg)
Polish: Göteborg (pl) m
Portuguese: Gotemburgo f
Russian: Гётебо́рг (ru) m (Gjotebórg)
Spanish: Gotemburgo (es) m
Swedish: Göteborg (sv) n
Thai: กอเทนเบิร์ก (gɔɔ-teen-bə̀ək), เยอเตอบอรย์ (yəə-dtee-bɔɔ)
Turkish: Göteborg
West Frisian: Goateboarch n, Goateburch n
Yiddish: געטעבאָרג‎ n (geteborg)

German

Etymology

After Swedish Göteborg, reinterpreted as Goten (“Goths”, formerly spelt Gothen) + Burg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːtənˌbʊrk/, /-ˌbʊrç/
Audio (file)

Noun

Gothenburg n (proper noun, genitive Gothenburgs or (optionally with an article) Gothenburg)

Archaic form of Göteborg (“Gothenburg”).

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gothenburg f

Alternative form of Gotemburgo