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Gothenburg
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English
Alternative forms
en Goteborg
Etymology
Ultimately from en sv Göteborg, probably via en de Gothenburg (now archaic).
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/ UK
en /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/ US
en En-Gothenburg.ogg US
Proper noun
right|thumb|200px|view of Gothenburg
en city on the west coast of c/Sweden in the province of p/Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
en Can democracy survive without America? w:The Hankyoreh https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1219044.html 2025-09-16 This is what Staffan I. Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, had to say about the state of the world while speaking over the phone to the Hankyoreh on Thursday, only a few days ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15. https://web.archive.org/web/20260929171125/https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1219044.html 29 September 2026
en city co/Dawson County s/Nebraska c/USA, originally settled by Swedish people.
Derived terms
en Gothenburger
Translations
city on the west coast of Sweden
Afrikaans: af Gotenburg
Amharic: am ዬተቦርይ
Arabic: ar غُوتِنْبُرْغ m
Armenian: hy Գյոտեբորգ
Azerbaijani: az Göteborq
Bulgarian: bg Гьотеборг m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 哥德堡 go1 dak1 bou2
Hokkien: nan-hbl Götebor
Mandarin: cmn 哥德堡 Gēdébǎo
Czech: cs Göteborg m
Danish: da Gøteborg n
Dutch: nl Göteborg n, nl Gotenburg n
Esperanto: eo Gotenburgo
Estonian: et Göteborg
Farefare: gur Gotemburgo
Finnish: fi Göteborg, archaic fi Göötepori
French: fr Göteborg m, historically fr Gothembourg m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Goateboarch n, fy Goateburch n
Galician: gl Gotemburgo
Georgian: ka გეტებორგი
German: de Göteborg n, archaic de Gotenburg n, de Gothenburg n
Greek: el Γκέτεμποργκ n
Hebrew: he גוטנבורג m, he גטבורג m
Hindi: hi गोथनबर्ग ?, hi गोथेनबर्ग ?
Hungarian: hu Göteborg
Icelandic: is Gautaborg f
Inuktitut: iu ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ
Italian: it Göteborg f, historically it Gotemburgo f
Japanese: ja ヨーテボリ Yōtebori, ja イェーテボリ Yētebori, ja イェテボリ Yetebori, ja イエテボリ Ietebori, ja エーテボリ Ētebori
Korean: ko ^예테보리
Kyrgyz: ky Гөтеборг
Latin: la Gothenburgum n, la Gothoburgum n
Latvian: lv Gēteborga f
Limburgish: li Gódsbórg n, li Góttebórg n, li Jöttebórj n
Lithuanian: lt Geteborgas m
Macedonian: mk Ге́теборг m
Malayalam: ml യാതെബോറിയ, ml ഗോഥെൻബർഗ്
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Gøteborg n
Nynorsk: nn Gøteborg n
Persian: fa گوتنبورگ gotnborg
Polish: pl Göteborg m
Portuguese: pt Gotemburgo f
Russian: ru Гётебо́рг m
Spanish: es Gotemburgo m
Swedish: sv Göteborg n
Thai: th กอเทนเบิร์ก gɔɔ-teen-bə̀ək, th เยอเตอบอรย์ yəə-dtee-bɔɔ
Turkish: tr Göteborg
Yiddish: yi געטעבאָרג n
en exonyms
German
Etymology
After de sv Göteborg, reinterpreted as de Goten (“Goths”, formerly spelt de Gothen) + de Burg.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡoːtənˌbʊrk/ /-ˌbʊrç/
de De-Gothenburg.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Göteborg en Gothenburg
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Gotemburgo