Dortmund
English
Translations
a city in western Germany
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Danish
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)
- Dortmund (a major independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Short for Borussia Dortmund (“football club”).
- Synonym: BVB
Derived terms
Greenlandic
Proper noun
Dortmund
- Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)
- 1997, “NUNARSUAQ TAMAAT QILAATERSORFIGAA”, in Atuagagdliutit:
- Ilinniarnertuut 500-t Dortmund-ip ilisimatusarfiani katersuupput.
- 500 students gathered in Dortmund university.
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