Düsseldorf

See also: Dusseldorf

English

Etymology

From German Düsseldorf.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊsəldɔːf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈduːsəldɔɹf/, /ˈdʊsəldɔɹf/

Proper noun

Düsseldorf

1. The capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2. One of the five administrative regions of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Translations

a city in Germany

• Armenian: Դյուսելդորֆ (hy) (Dyuseldorf)
• Esperanto: Duseldorfo
• Farefare: Dʋsɛldɔfɔ
• German: Düsseldorf (de) n

  Central Franconian: Dösseldorp

• Greek: Ντύσσελντορφ (el) (Ntýsselntorf)
• Japanese: デュッセルドルフ (Dyusserudorufu)
• Korean: 뒤셀도르프 (dwiseldoreupeu)
• Kyrgyz: Дүсселдорф (Düsseldorf)
• Limburgish: Dusseldörp
• Macedonian: Ди́селдорф m (Díseldorf)
• Polish: Düsseldorf (pl) m
• Russian: Дю́ссельдорф (ru) m (Djússelʹdorf), Дюссельдо́рф (ru) m (Djusselʹdórf)
• Spanish: Düsseldorf (es) m
• Turkish: Düsseldorf
• Vietnamese: Đuy-xen-đóp

an administrative region of North Rhine-Wesphalia

• German: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf m
• Polish: rejencja Düsseldorf f

German

Etymology

1135, from Rhenish dialect Dusseldorp, from the river Düssel (from Proto-Germanic *þusila-, from Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”)) + Dorf (“village”). The first element is related to the root of tosen (“to roar, rage”), Icelandic þysja (“to rush”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”), Old Norse þyssa (“uproar, tumult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏsəlˌdɔrf/, [ˈdʏsəlˌdɔʁf], [ˈdʏsl̩-], [-dɔɐ̯f], [-dɔːf]

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• Hyphenation: Düs‧sel‧dorf

Proper noun

Düsseldorf n (proper noun, genitive Düsseldorfs or (optionally with an article) Düsseldorf)

1. Düsseldorf (an independent city, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. An administrative region of North Rhine-Westphalia

Derived terms

• Düsseldorfer

Italian

Proper noun

Düsseldorf ?

1. Alternative form of Dusseldorf

Polish

Düsseldorf

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Düsseldorf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.sɨl.dɔrf/, /ˈdɨ.sɨl.dɔrf/

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• Rhymes: -ɨldɔrf
• Syllabification: Dü‧ssel‧dorf

Proper noun

Düsseldorf m inan (related adjective düsseldorfski)

1. Düsseldorf (the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Düsseldorf

	singular
nominative	Düsseldorf
genitive	Düsseldorfu
dative	Düsseldorfowi
accusative	Düsseldorf
instrumental	Düsseldorfem
locative	Düsseldorfie
vocative	Düsseldorfie

Derived terms

nouns

• düsseldorfczyk
• düsseldorfka

 

Further reading

• Düsseldorf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Düsseldorf in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Düsseldorf, from the river Düssel + Dorf (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduseldoɾf/ [ˈd̪u.sel̪.d̪oɾf]
• Rhymes: -useldoɾf

Proper noun

Düsseldorf

1. Düsseldorf (the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

See also

¿Cómo se escribe la ciudad alemana? ¿Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Dúseldorf?