Borussia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boʊˈɹʌʃə/

Proper noun

Borussia

  1. The national personification of Prussia.
  2. Ellipsis of Borussia Mönchengladbach (“an association football club in Germany”).
  3. Ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund (“an association football club in Germany”).

Derived terms

  • Borussian

Translations

Translations

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈrʊsi̯a/, [boˈʁʊsi̯a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bo‧rus‧sia

Proper noun

Borussia f (proper noun, genitive Borussia or Borussias)

  1. Borussia (national personification of Prussia)
  2. ellipsis of Borussia Mönchengladbach, football club in Germany
  3. ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund, football club in Germany

Declension

Declension of Borussia [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Borussia
genitive einer der Borussia, Borussias
dative einer der Borussia
accusative eine die Borussia

Derived terms

  • Borusse
  • Borussianer
  • borussophil

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Borussī +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Borussia f sg (genitive Borussiae); first declension

  1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
  2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Borussia
genitive Borussiae
dative Borussiae
accusative Borussiam
ablative Borussiā
vocative Borussia
locative Borussiae

Derived terms

  • Borussia Orientālis

Further reading

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