Königsberg

See also: Konigsberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• (like German) enPR: kœ′nĭᴋʜs-bĕrk′, IPA^(key): (rhotic) /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɹk/, (non-rhotic) /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɜːk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː.nɪɡzˌbɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜ.nɪɡzˌbɝɡ/, /ˈkeɪ.nɪɡzˌbɝɡ/, enPR: kā′nĭgz-bûrg′
• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg

English Wikipedia has articles on:

Königsberg and Kaliningrad

Wikipedia Wikipedia

1. (historical) The former capital of East Prussia, Germany, now Kaliningrad, Russia.

Related terms

• Königsberger Klopse

Translations

the former capital of East Prussia — see also Kaliningrad

Afrikaans: Koningsberg Arabic: كُونِيغْسْبَرْغ f (kūnīḡsbarḡ) Armenian: Քյոնիգսբերգ (Kʻyonigsberg) Azerbaijani: Köniqsberq Bashkir: Көнигсберг (Königsberg) Belarusian: Караля́вец m (Karaljávjec), Кёнігсберг m (Kjónihsbjerh), Кёнігсбе́рг m (Kjonihsbjérh) Bengali: কেনিগ্‌সবের্গ (kenig‌śobergo) Bulgarian: Кьо́нигсберг m (Kjónigsberg) Chinese: Mandarin: 柯尼斯堡 (Kēnísībǎo), 哥尼斯堡 (zh) (Gēnísībǎo) Czech: Královec (cs) m Danish: Königsberg n Dutch: Koningsbergen n Esperanto: Kenigsbergo Estonian: Königsberg (et) Finnish: Königsberg (fi) French: Kœnigsberg m, Königsberg (fr) m Georgian: კენიგსბერგი (ḳenigsbergi) German: Königsberg (de) n Greek: Καινιξβέργη f (Kainixvérgi), Κένιγκσμπεργκ n (Kénigksmpergk) Hebrew: קֶנִיגְסְבֶּרְג f (kenigsbérg) Hindi: कोनिग्सबर्ग (konigsabarg) Hungarian: Königsberg (hu), Königsberga (dated) Italian: Königsberg f Japanese: ケーニヒスベルク (Kēnihisuberuku) Kannada: ಕೋನಿಗ್ಸ್‌ಬರ್ಗ್ (kōnigs‌barg) Korean: 쾨니히스베르크 (Koenihiseubereukeu) Latin: Rēgiomontum n, Rēgiomontium n, (please verify) Rēgiomontānum n Latvian: Kēnigsberga f, Karaļauči m Lithuanian: Karaliaučius m Low German: German Low German: Königsbarg n (in some dialects), Kensbarg n (Natangian Low Prussian), Kensborg n (Elbingian Low Prussian) Malayalam: കൊനിഗ്സ്ബർഗ് (konigsbaṟgŭ) North Frisian: Könningsbeerg Norwegian: Bokmål: Königsberg n Old Polish: Królewiec m, Królówgród m, Kralowgród m Persian: کونیگسبرگ (konigsberg) Polish: Królewiec (pl) m Portuguese: Conisberga f, Königsberg f, Konigsberg f Romanian: Königsberg m Russian: Кёнигсберг (ru) m (Kjónigsberg), Кёнигсбе́рг (ru) m (Kjonigsbérg), Короле́вец m (Korolévec) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Краљевиц m, Кенигсберг m Roman: Kraljevic m Slovak: Kráľovec m Slovene: Kraljevec m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Kralowc m Spanish: Königsberg (es) m Swedish: Königsberg (sv) n Tamil: கோனிசுபர்க் (kōṉicupark) Telugu: కోనిగ్స్‌బర్గ్ (kōnigs‌barg‌) Thai: เคอนิชส์แบร์ค (kəə-nít-bɛ̀ɛk) Turkish: Königsberg Ukrainian: Ке́ніґсберґ m (Kénigsberg), Кеніґсбе́рґ m (Kenigsbérg), Ке́нігсберг (Kénihsberh), Кенігсбе́рг (Kenihsbérh) Urdu: کونگسبرگ m (konigasberg) West Frisian: Keningsberch Yiddish: קעניגסבערג n (kenigsberg)

See also

• Kaliningrad
• Prussia

Further reading

• “Königsberg”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Königsberg”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “königsberg”, in Collins English Dictionary.

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Königsberg

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

From König (“king”) +‎ Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːnɪçsˌbɛɐ̯k/

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• Hyphenation: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg n (proper noun, genitive Königsbergs or (optionally with an article) Königsberg)

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia), now known as Kaliningrad

Declension

Declension of Königsberg [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Königsberg
genitive	eines	des	Königsbergs, Königsberg
dative	einem	dem	Königsberg
accusative	ein	das	Königsberg

Derived terms

• Königsberger
  • Königsbergerin
  • Königsberger Klopse

Related terms

• Königgrätz, Königstein, Königswartha, Königs Wusterhausen
• Altenberg, Kaysersberg, Tannenberg

See also

• Kaliningrad

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Königsberg

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour/honor of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkø.ni(ɡ)zˌbɛrɡ/
• (low-register) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ni(ɡ)zˌbɛrɡ/, /ˈke.ni(ɡ)zˌbɛrɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɡ

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrad

Portuguese

Proper noun

Königsberg f

1. alternative spelling of Konigsberg

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Königsberg

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkenisbeɾ/ [ˈke.niz.β̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -enisbeɾ
• Syllabification: Kö‧nigs‧berg

Proper noun

Königsberg m

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrado

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Königsberg

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

Proper noun

Königsberg

1. (historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)

See also

• Kaliningrad