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Lübeck
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Lubeck
English
Proper noun
en city s/Schleswig-Holstein north-central c/Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.
en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 The Baltic: Arena of Power Priit J. Vesilind 621 Lübeck alone has lost 12,000 laboring jobs in the past 15 years, many in the shipbuilding industry.
Translations
city
Bulgarian: bg Лю́бек m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 呂貝克 Leoi5 bui3 haak1
Mandarin: cmn 呂貝克, cmn 呂北克 Lǚběikè
Dutch: nl Lübeck n
Finnish: fi Lyypekki
French: fr Lübeck m
Georgian: ka ლიუბეკი
German: de Lübeck n
Hindi: hi लूबेक
Italian: it Lubecca f
Kyrgyz: ky Лүбек
Latin: la Lubeca f
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Lubeek
Marathi: mr लुबेक
Polish: pl Lubeka f
Russian: ru Лю́бек m
Swedish: sv Lybeck c
Anagrams
en bceklu Buckle buckle
German
de:
Etymology
de ine-pro *lewbʰ- love
From de gml Lǖbēke, from de pox Liubice lovely (compare sk Ľubica personal name), from de sla-pro *ľubь love, from de ine-pro *lewbʰ- to love. The latter part of the name was altered after the common Low German placename suffix de -beck, from gml bēke brook, from de gem-pro *bakiz, whence also de Bach.
Pronunciation
de /ˈlyːbɛk/ /ˈlyːbeːk/ dated
de De-Lübeck.ogg
de De-Lübeck2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Lü beck
Proper noun
toponym
de independent city s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany Lübeck
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Lübecker
de Lübeckerin
de spelling pronunciations
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv Lybeck
Etymology
From sv de Lübeck.
Proper noun
n
sv city s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany Lübeck
Related terms
sv lybsk