Wolfsburg

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Wolvesborch. By surface analysis, Wolf (“wolf”) +‎ -s- +‎ Burg (“castle”). The name originally referred exclusively to Wolfsburg Castle. The city was only founded in 1938 under the name Stadt des KdF-Wagens (after the prototype of the later VW Beetle). In 1945, the Allies renamed the city after the castle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlfsbʊrk/, [ˈvɔlfs.bʊʁk], [ˈʋɔlfs-], [-bʊɐ̯k], (northern also) /ˈvɔlfsbʊrç/
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  • Hyphenation: Wolfs‧burg

Proper noun

Wolfsburg n (proper noun, genitive Wolfsburgs or (optionally with an article) Wolfsburg)

  1. Wolfsburg (an independent city in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany)

Declension

Declension of Wolfsburg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Wolfsburg
genitive des Wolfsburgs, Wolfsburg1
dative dem Wolfsburg
accusative das Wolfsburg

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

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