Düsseldorf

From German Düsseldorf.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊsəldɔːf/

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

Düsseldorf

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

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 *þusjaną, the root of tosen (“to roar, rage”), Icelandic þysja (“to rush”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”), Old Norse þyssa (“uproar, tumult”).

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

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• Hyphenation: Düs‧sel‧dorf

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

• Düsseldorfer
  • Düsseldorferin

Düsseldorf ?

1. alternative form of Dusseldorf

Unadapted borrowing from German Düsseldorf.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.sɘl.dɔrf/, /ˈdɘ.sɘl.dɔrf/

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• Rhymes: -isɘldɔrf, -ɘsɘldɔrf
• Syllabification: Dü‧ssel‧dorf

Düsseldorf m inan (related adjective düsseldorfski)

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

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

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

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

Düsseldorf

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

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

Borrowed from German Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf n (genitive Düsseldorfs)

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