Gelsenkirchen

English

Proper noun

Gelsenkirchen

  1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Gelstenkerken, Geilistirinkirkin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən/, [ˌɡɛl.zn̩ˈkɪɐ̯.çn̩], [-zŋ̍-], [-zən-], [-kɪʁ-], [-çən], (locally) [ˌɡel.zŋ̍ˈkiɐ̯.çn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: Gel‧sen‧kir‧chen

Proper noun

Gelsenkirchen n (proper noun, genitive Gelsenkirchens or (optionally with an article) Gelsenkirchen)

  1. Gelsenkirchen (an independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

Declension

Declension of Gelsenkirchen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Gelsenkirchen
genitive des Gelsenkirchens, Gelsenkirchen1
dative dem Gelsenkirchen
accusative das Gelsenkirchen

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

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