Berlin
Capital city of Germany
Berolinum, Berolinī, n
Noun [Cite]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈro.li.num/, [bɛˈrɔlʲɪnʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈro.li.num/, [beˈrɔːlinum]
Declension
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Etymology:
Probably derived from a Polabian stem *berl- ~ *birl- (“swamp”), for which lexical item there is no evidence in Polabian nor in any Slavic language. Closest to that would be an unknown simple of *bьrlogъ (“cave”). The suffixes *-inъ and *-ogъ have the same meaning, so Berlin can be translated as "den, cave, lair".
References:
"Berolinum". In: Vicipaedia, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 03.07.2023