Standard Lemma guide

Berlin

name · noun · 42 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːˈlɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation, rare: /bɛə̯ˈlɪn/
  • General-American: /bɚˈlɪn/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪn
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.lɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈbɝ.lɪn/
  • General-American: bûrʹlĭn
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
  • General-American: [bɚˈlɪn]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B ER0 L IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital and largest city of Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The German government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A state of Germany containing the capital city.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A female given name from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

A small town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Colquitt County, Georgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

name

Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

name

Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

name

Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

name

Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Worcester County, Maryland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

name

Meaning 18

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

name

Meaning 19

A number of places in the United States:

The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

name

Meaning 20

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Gentry County, Missouri.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

name

Meaning 21

A number of places in the United States:

The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

name

Meaning 22

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

name

Meaning 23

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Coos County, New Hampshire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

name

Meaning 24

A number of places in the United States:

A borough of Camden County, New Jersey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

name

Meaning 25

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Rensselaer County, New York.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

name

Meaning 26

A number of places in the United States:

A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

name

Meaning 27

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

name

Meaning 28

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

name

Meaning 29

A number of places in the United States:

A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

name

Meaning 30

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

name

Meaning 31

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

name

Meaning 32

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Washington County, Vermont.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

name

Meaning 33

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

name

Meaning 34

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

name

Meaning 35

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

name

Meaning 36

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

name

Meaning 37

Ellipsis of Berlin Township.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

noun

Meaning 38

Short for Berlin worsted

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

noun

Meaning 39

A four-wheeled carriage with a separate sheltered seat behind the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

noun

Meaning 40

a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: limousine, limo

41

noun

Meaning 41

capital of Germany located in eastern Germany

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: German capital

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

42

noun

Meaning 42

United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Irving Berlin, Israel Baline

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: songwriter, songster, ballad maker

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berlin.

From the name of the German capital city Berlin, where it was invented in the 17th century.

Across languages

Translations

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Afrikaans: Berlyn — capital city of Germany
  • Akan: Bɛɛlin — capital city of Germany
  • Albanian: Berlini — capital city of Germany
  • Albanian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Amharic: በርሊን (bärlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Antillean Creole: Belen — capital city of Germany
  • Arabic: بَرْلِين (barlīn) — capital city of Germany
  • Arabic: برلين (berlīn) — capital city of Germany
  • Arabic: بِرْلين (birlīn) — capital city of Germany
  • Aramaic: ܒܪܠܝܢ — capital city of Germany
  • Armenian: Բեռլին (Beṙlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Asturian: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Azerbaijani: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Bashkir: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Basque: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Belarusian: Берлі́н (Bjerlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Belarusian: Бэрлі́н (Berlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Bengali: বার্লিন (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Brahui: Barlin — capital city of Germany
  • Breton: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Bulgarian: Берли́н (Berlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Burmese: ဘာလင် (bhalang) — capital city of Germany
  • Catalan: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Chechen: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柏林 (Bólín) — capital city of Germany
  • Czech: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Danish: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Dutch: Berlijn — capital city of Germany
  • Esperanto: Berlino — capital city of Germany
  • Estonian: Berliin — capital city of Germany
  • Farefare: Bɛɛlɩn — capital city of Germany
  • Farefare: Bɛllɩn — capital city of Germany
  • Faroese: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Finnish: Berliini — capital city of Germany
  • French: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • West-Frisian: Berlyn — capital city of Germany
  • Galician: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Georgian: ბერლინი (berlini) — capital city of Germany
  • German: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Central Franconian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Greek: Βερολίνο (Verolíno) — capital city of Germany
  • Pontic Greek: Βερολίνον (Verolínon) — capital city of Germany
  • Gujarati: બર્લીન (barlīn) — capital city of Germany
  • Haitian Creole: Bèlen — capital city of Germany
  • Hawaiian: Pelelina — capital city of Germany
  • Hebrew: בֶּרְלִין (berlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Hindi: बर्लिन (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Hungarian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Icelandic: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Ilocano: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Indonesian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Irish: Beirlín — capital city of Germany
  • Italian: Berlino — capital city of Germany
  • Japanese: ベルリン (Berurin) — capital city of Germany
  • Japanese: 伯林 (Berurin) — capital city of Germany
  • Javanese: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Kalmyk: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Kannada: ಬರ್ಲಿನ್ (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Kashubian: Berlëno — capital city of Germany
  • Kazakh: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Khmer: ប៊ែរលីន (bɛɛliin) — capital city of Germany
  • Korean: 베를린 (Bereullin) — capital city of Germany
  • Central Kurdish: برلین (birlîn) — capital city of Germany
  • Northern Kurdish: Berlîn — capital city of Germany
  • Kyrgyz: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Lao: ເບີລິນ (bœ̄ lin) — capital city of Germany
  • Latin: Berolinum — capital city of Germany
  • Latvian: Berlīne — capital city of Germany
  • Lithuanian: Berlynas — capital city of Germany
  • Low German: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Luxembourgish: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Macedonian: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Malay: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Malayalam: ബെർലിന് (beṟliṉ) — capital city of Germany
  • Maltese: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Manx: Berleen — capital city of Germany
  • Māori: Pearīni — capital city of Germany
  • Marathi: बर्लिन (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Mongolian: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Nahuatl: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Nepali: बर्लिन (barlina) — capital city of Germany
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Ossetian: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Pashto: برلين (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Persian: برلین (berlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Persian: برلن (berlan) — capital city of Germany
  • Polish: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Portuguese: Berlim — capital city of Germany
  • Punjabi: ਬਰਲਿਨ (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Romani: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Romanian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Romansh: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Russian: Берли́н (Berlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Scottish Gaelic: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бѐрлӣн — capital city of Germany
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bèrlīn — capital city of Germany
  • Sicilian: Birrinu — capital city of Germany
  • Sindhi: برلن (brl̃) — capital city of Germany
  • Sinhalese: බර්ලිනය (barlinaya) — capital city of Germany
  • Slovak: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Slovene: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Somali: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Lower Sorbian: Barliń — capital city of Germany
  • Upper Sorbian: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Spanish: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Swahili: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Swedish: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Tagalog: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Tajik: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Tamil: பெர்லின் (perliṉ) — capital city of Germany
  • Tatar: Берлин — capital city of Germany
  • Telugu: బెర్లిన్ (berlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Tetum: Berlín — capital city of Germany
  • Thai: เบอร์ลิน (bəə-lin) — capital city of Germany
  • Tibetan: པེ་ལིང (pe ling) — capital city of Germany
  • Tok Pisin: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Turkish: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Ottoman Turkish: برلین (berlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Turkmen: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Ukrainian: Берлі́н (Berlín) — capital city of Germany
  • Urdu: برلن (barlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Uyghur: بېرلىن (bërlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Uzbek: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Venetan: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Vietnamese: Bá Linh — capital city of Germany
  • Vietnamese: Béc-lin — capital city of Germany
  • Vietnamese: Béc-lanh — capital city of Germany
  • Welsh: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Wolof: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Yiddish: בערלין (berlin) — capital city of Germany
  • Zulu: Berlin — capital city of Germany
  • Afrikaans: Berlynse — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Belarusian: берлінскі (bjerlinski) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Belarusian: бэрлінскі (berlinski) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Catalan: berlinès — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Czech: berlínský — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Danish: berlinsk — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Esperanto: berlina — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Finnish: berliiniläinen — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • French: berlinois — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Galician: berlinés — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Georgian: ბერლინელი (berlineli) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • German: berlinisch — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Italian: berlinese — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Korean: 베를린 (bereullin) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Lithuanian: Berlyno — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Polish: berliński — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Portuguese: berlinês — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Russian: берли́нский (berlínskij) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Slovak: berlínsky — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Spanish: berlinés — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Swedish: berlinsk — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Turkish: Berlinli — attributive form – relating to Berlin
  • Ukrainian: берлінський (berlinsʹkyj) — attributive form – relating to Berlin
Real reading context

Berlin in complete knowledge articles