Weißenburg
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German Wizzenburc (1036), from Old High German Uuizinburc (867). Equivalent to weiß (“white”) + -en- + Burg (“town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ˌbʊʁk], [-bʊɐ̯k]
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Wei‧ßen‧burg
Proper noun
Weißenburg n (proper noun, genitive Weißenburgs or (optionally with an article) Weißenburg)
- A town, the administrative seat of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Official name: Weißenburg in Bayern
- Wissembourg (a commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)
- (obsolete) Synonym of Alba Iulia (city in Romania) (used in the 16th and 17th centuries)
- (obsolete) Synonym of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (city in Ukraine)
Derived terms
Related terms
- Weißenberg, Weißenstein
- Löwenburg, Rotenburg, Schwarzenburg
- Flensburg, Homburg, Limburg, Lauterburg, Warburg
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.