Bautzen

Bautzen

English

Historical centre of the town

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʊtsən]

Proper noun

Bautzen

1. A city in Saxony, Germany.

Translations

city in Germany

Belarusian: Ба́ўтцэн m (Báŭtcen), Бу́дышын m (Búdyšyn) Chinese: Mandarin: 包岑 (Bāocén) Czech: Budyšín (cs) m German: Bautzen (de) n Japanese: バウツェン (Bautsen) Polish: Budziszyn (pl) m Russian: Ба́утцен (ru) m (Báutcen) Slovak: Budyšín m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn m Upper Sorbian: Budyšin (hsb) m Turkish: Bautzen Vietnamese: Bautzen

Anagrams

• bezaunt

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German

Etymology

First mentioned as Budusin in 1002. The name is of uncertain origin, but probably of Sorbian/Slavic origin, with suggestions including:

• Budetzsch, Bud, Bod, meaning "border town"
• Named after a medieval Slavic prince Budissentius, Budestaus
• From the feminine personal name Budiša or Budy
• Bautzen legend/folk etymology claims that a traveling pregnant duchess gave birth in present-day Bautzen, after which the rushing husband asked bude syn? (“will it be a son?”).[1]

More at Bautzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʊt͡sn̩]

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Proper noun

Bautzen n (proper noun, genitive Bautzens or (optionally with an article) Bautzen)

1. Bautzen (a city in Saxony, Germany)

References

1. Johann Georg Theodor Grässe: Der Sagenschatz des Königreichs Sachsen, 1855, Nr. 611 „Die Sage von der Entstehung des Namens Budissin“, S. 454f.; 2. Auflage 1874, 2. Band, S. 117 f. (Digitalisat auf Wikisource); Roger Rössing: Bautzen VEB F.A. Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig, 1. Auflage 1989, S. 3–4.