Freiburg

English

Etymology

German frei (“free”) +‎ Burg (“fortification”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fɹaɪ.bɜː(ɹ)ɡ/
Hyphenation: Frei‧burg

Proper noun

Freiburg

A canton of Switzerland. (the German name)
Synonyms: canton of Freiburg, (the French name) Fribourg, canton of Fribourg
The capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland. (the German name)
Synonym: (the French name) Fribourg
A German city in Baden-Württemberg located in the Black Forest. The population is around 200,000.
Synonym: (the full name) Freiburg im Breisgau

Translations

a Swiss canton — see Fribourg

a Swiss city — see Fribourg

a German city

Alemannic German: Freiburg im Breisgau, Friburg im Brisgau
Catalan: Friburg de Brisgòvia m
Dutch: Freiburg
Dyirbal: Freiburg
Esperanto: Freiburg
Finnish: Freiburg
French: Fribourg-en-Brisgau (fr) m
German: Freiburg im Breisgau (de)
Greek: Φράιμπουργκ (el) (Fráimpourgk), Φρειβούργο (el) (Freivoúrgo)
Italian: Friburgo in Brisgovia
Japanese: フライブルク (Furaiburugu)
Latin: Friburgum Brisgoviae
Macedonian: Фрајбург m (Frajburg)
Norwegian: Freiburg
Polish: Fryburg Bryzgowijski (pl) m
Portuguese: Friburgo em Brisgóvia m, Freiburg im Breisgau m
Russian: Фра́йбург (ru) m (Frájburg)
Spanish: Friburgo (es)
Swedish: Freiburg

German

Kanton Freiburg (sense 1)

Alternative forms

FR (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)

Proper noun

Freiburg n (proper noun, genitive Freiburgs or (optionally with an article) Freiburg)

Fribourg (a canton of Switzerland)
Synonym: Kanton Freiburg
Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland)

Further reading

“Freiburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Freiburg” in Duden online
“Freiburg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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