Berlin Wall

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Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/, (commonly) /ˈbɜː-/
(US): IPA^(key): /bɝˈlɪn wɔl/, (commonly) /ˈbɝ-/
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Proper noun

the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall separated Berlin into two parts before German reunification.

(history) A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

Related terms

fall of the wall

Translations

wall that parted Berlin

Afrikaans: Berlynse Muur
Albanian: Muri i Berlinit m
Arabic: جِدَار بَرْلِين‎ m (jidār barlīn)
Egyptian Arabic: سور برلين‎ m
Armenian: Բեռլինի պատ (hy) (Beṙlini pat)
Azerbaijani: Berlin divarı
Bashkir: Берлин стенаһы (Berlin stenahı)
Basque: Berlingo harresia
Belarusian: Берлі́нская сцяна́ f (Bjerlínskaja scjaná)
Bengali: বার্লিন প্রাচীর (barlin pracīr)
Breton: Moger Berlin m
Bulgarian: Берлинска стена f (Berlinska stena)
Burmese: ဘာလင် တံတိုင်း (bhalang tamtuing:)
Catalan: mur de Berlín m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 柏林圍牆 (paak³ lam⁴ wai⁴ coeng⁴)
Mandarin: 柏林圍牆／柏林围墙 (zh) (Bólín Wéiqiáng)
Min Nan: Berlin Chhiûⁿ-ûi
Wu: 柏林墙
Czech: Berlínská zeď f
Danish: Berlinmuren c
Dutch: Berlijnse Muur m
Esperanto: Berlina muro
Estonian: Berliini müür
Faroese: Berlinmúrurin m
Finnish: Berliinin muuri
French: mur de Berlin (fr) m
Galician: muro de Berlín m
Georgian: ბერლინის კედელი (berlinis ḳedeli)
German: Berliner Mauer (de) f, antifaschistischer Schutzwall m (East Germany, propaganda)
Greek: Τείχος του Βερολίνου n (Teíchos tou Verolínou)
Hebrew: חוֹמַת בֶּרְלִין‎ f (khomát Berlín)
Hindi: बर्लिन की दीवार f (barlin kī dīvār)
Hungarian: berlini fal
Icelandic: Berlínarmúrinn m
Ido: Murego di Berlin
Indonesian: Tembok Berlin
Irish: Balla Bheirlín m
Italian: Muro di Berlino m
Japanese: ベルリンの壁 (ベルリンのかべ, Berurin no Kabe)
Javanese: témbok Berlin
Kannada: ಬರ್ಲಿನ್ ಗೋಡೆ (barlin gōḍe)
Kazakh: Берлин қабырғасы (Berlin qabyrğasy)
Khmer: ជញ្ជាំង ប៊ែរឡាំង (cŭəñcĕəng bɛɛlang)
Korean: 베를린 장벽 (Bereullin jangbyeok)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hêta Berlînê
Latin: mūrus Berolīnēnsis m, vallum Berolīnēnse n
Latvian: Berlīnes mūris m
Limburgish: Moeër
Lithuanian: Berlyno siena f
Lombard: (modern orthography) mür de Berlin m, (classical orthography) mur de Berlin m
Macedonian: Берлински ѕид m (Berlinski dzid)
Malagasy: rindrin'i Berlin
Malay: Tembok Berlin
Malayalam: ബെർലിൻ മതിൽ (beṟliṉ matil)
Maltese: ħajt ta’ Berlin m
Manx: Boalley Verleen
Marathi: बर्लिनची भिंत (barlincī bhinta)
Mongolian: Берлиний хана (Berlinii xana)
Neapolitan: muro 'e Berlino m
Nepali: बर्लिन पर्खाल (barlina parkhāl)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Berlinmuren m
Nynorsk: Berlinmuren m
Occitan: mur de Berlin m
Papiamentu: Muraya di Berlin
Persian: دیوار برلین‎ (divâr berlin)
Polish: Mur Berliński m, mur berliński m
Portuguese: Muro de Berlim m
Punjabi: ਬਰਲਿਨ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ (barlin dī kandh)
Quechua: Berlin pirqa
Romanian: Zidul Berlinului m
Russian: Берли́нская стена́ (ru) f (Berlínskaja stená)
Sardinian: muru de Berilinu m
Saterland Frisian: Berliner Muure
Scots: Berlin Waw
Scottish Gaelic: Balla Bherlin m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бѐрлӣнскӣ зи̑д m
Roman: Bèrlīnskī zȋd m
Sicilian: muru di Birlinu m
Sinhalese: බර්ලින් තාප්පය (barlin tāppaya)
Slovak: Berlínsky múr m
Slovene: Berlinski zid m
Spanish: muro de Berlín m
Swahili: ukuta wa Berlin
Swedish: Berlinmuren c
Tagalog: Pader ng Berlin
Tajik: девори Берлин (devori Berlin)
Tamil: பெர்லின் சுவர் (perliṉ cuvar)
Tatar: Берлин дивары (Berlin diwarı)
Telugu: బెర్లిన్ గోడ (berlin gōḍa)
Thai: กำแพงเบอร์ลิน (gam-peeng bəə-lin)
Tibetan: པེར་ལིན་ལྕགས (per lin lcags)
Turkish: Berlin Duvarı (tr)
Turkmen: Berlin diwarı
Ukrainian: Берлі́нська стіна́ f (Berlínsʹka stiná), Берлі́нський мур m (Berlínsʹkyj mur)
Urdu: دیوار برلن‎ f (dīvār barlin)
Uzbek: Berlin divari
Venetian: muro de Berlin m
Vietnamese: Bức tường Berlin
Waray-Waray: Bungbong han Berlin
Welsh: Mur Berlin m
West Frisian: Berlynske Muorre c
Yiddish: בערלינער וואַנט‎ f (berliner vant)
Zazaki: Dêsê Berlini

Noun

Berlin Wall (plural Berlin Walls)

(politics) Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States.

Translations

barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border

Georgian: ბერლინის კედელი (berlinis ḳedeli)
Icelandic: Berlínarmúrinn m
Portuguese: muro de Berlim m