Phrase guide

Berlin Wall

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/
  • UK: /ˈbɜː-/ commonly
  • US: /bɝˈlɪn wɔl/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The Berlin Defence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Berlynse Muur — wall that parted Berlin
  • Albanian: Muri i Berlinit — wall that parted Berlin
  • Arabic: جِدَار بَرْلِين (jidār barlīn) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Arabic: سور برلين — wall that parted Berlin
  • Armenian: Բեռլինի պատ (Beṙlini pat) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Azerbaijani: Berlin divarı — wall that parted Berlin
  • Bashkir: Берлин стенаһы (Berlin stenahı) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Basque: Berlingo harresia — wall that parted Berlin
  • Belarusian: Берлі́нская сцяна́ (Bjerlínskaja scjaná) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Bengali: বার্লিন প্রাচীর (barlin pracir) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Breton: Moger Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Bulgarian: Берлинска стена (Berlinska stena) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Burmese: ဘာလင် တံတိုင်း (bhalang tamtuing:) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Catalan: mur de Berlín — wall that parted Berlin
  • Chinese Cantonese: 柏林圍牆 /柏林围墙 (paak3 lam4 wai4 coeng4) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Chinese Cantonese: 柏林牆 /柏林墙 (paak3 lam4 coeng4) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Chinese: Berlin Chhiûn-ûi — wall that parted Berlin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柏林圍牆 /柏林围墙 (Bólín Wéiqiáng) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柏林牆 /柏林墙 (Bólínqiáng) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Wu Chinese: 柏林墙 — wall that parted Berlin
  • Czech: Berlínská zeď — wall that parted Berlin
  • Danish: Berlinmuren — wall that parted Berlin
  • Dutch: Berlijnse Muur — wall that parted Berlin
  • Esperanto: Berlina muro — wall that parted Berlin
  • Estonian: Berliini müür — wall that parted Berlin
  • Faroese: Berlinmúrurin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Finnish: Berliinin muuri — wall that parted Berlin
  • French: mur de Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Saterland Frisian: Berliner Muure — wall that parted Berlin
  • West-Frisian: Berlynske Muorre — wall that parted Berlin
  • Galician: muro de Berlín — wall that parted Berlin
  • Georgian: ბერლინის კედელი (berlinis ḳedeli) — wall that parted Berlin
  • German: Berliner Mauer — wall that parted Berlin
  • German: antifaschistischer Schutzwall — wall that parted Berlin
  • Greek: Τείχος του Βερολίνου (Teíchos tou Verolínou) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Hebrew: חוֹמַת בֶּרְלִין (khomát Berlín) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Hindi: बर्लिन की दीवार (barlin kī dīvār) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Hungarian: berlini fal — wall that parted Berlin
  • Icelandic: Berlínarmúrinn — wall that parted Berlin
  • Ido: Murego di Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Indonesian: Tembok Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Irish: Balla Bheirlín — wall that parted Berlin
  • Italian: Muro di Berlino — wall that parted Berlin
  • Japanese: ベルリンの壁 (Berurin no Kabe) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Javanese: témbok Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Kannada: ಬರ್ಲಿನ್ ಗೋಡೆ (barlin gōḍe) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Kazakh: Берлин қабырғасы (Berlin qabyrğasy) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Khmer: ជញ្ជាំង ប៊ែរឡាំង (cɔɔcŭəñcĕəng bɛɛlang) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Korean: 베를린 장벽 (Bereullin jangbyeok) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Northern Kurdish: hêta Berlînê — wall that parted Berlin
  • Latin: mūrus Berolīnēnsis — wall that parted Berlin
  • Latin: vallum Berolīnēnse — wall that parted Berlin
  • Latvian: Berlīnes mūris — wall that parted Berlin
  • Limburgish: Moeër — wall that parted Berlin
  • Lithuanian: Berlyno siena — wall that parted Berlin
  • Lombard: mür de Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Lombard: mur de Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Macedonian: Берлински ѕид (Berlinski dzid) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Malagasy: rindrin'i Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Malay: Tembok Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Malayalam: ബെർലിൻ മതിൽ (beṟliṉ matil) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Maltese: ħajt ta’ Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Manx: Boalley Verleen — wall that parted Berlin
  • Marathi: बर्लिनची भिंत (barlincī bhinta) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Mongolian: Берлиний хана (Berlinii xana) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Neapolitan: muro 'e Berlino — wall that parted Berlin
  • Nepali: बर्लिन पर्खाल (barlina parkhāl) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Berlinmuren — wall that parted Berlin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Berlinmuren — wall that parted Berlin
  • Occitan: mur de Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Papiamentu: Muraya di Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Persian: دیوار برلین (divâr berlin) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Polish: Mur Berliński — wall that parted Berlin
  • Polish: mur berliński — wall that parted Berlin
  • Portuguese: Muro de Berlim — wall that parted Berlin
  • Punjabi: ਬਰਲਿਨ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ (barlin dī kandh) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Quechua: Berlin pirqa — wall that parted Berlin
  • Romanian: Zidul Berlinului — wall that parted Berlin
  • Russian: Берли́нская стена́ (Berlínskaja stená) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Sardinian: muru de Berilinu — wall that parted Berlin
  • Scots: Berlin Waw — wall that parted Berlin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Balla Bherlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бѐрлӣнскӣ зи̑д — wall that parted Berlin
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bèrlīnskī zȋd — wall that parted Berlin
  • Sicilian: muru di Birlinu — wall that parted Berlin
  • Sinhalese: බර්ලින් තාප්පය (barlin tāppaya) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Slovak: Berlínsky múr — wall that parted Berlin
  • Slovene: Berlinski zid — wall that parted Berlin
  • Spanish: muro de Berlín — wall that parted Berlin
  • Swahili: ukuta wa Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Swedish: Berlinmuren — wall that parted Berlin
  • Tagalog: Pader ng Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Tajik: девори Берлин — wall that parted Berlin
  • Tamil: பெர்லின் சுவர் (perliṉ cuvar) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Tatar: Берлин дивары (Berlin diwarı) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Telugu: బెర్లిన్ గోడ (berlin gōḍa) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Thai: กําแพงเบอร์ลิน (gam-peeng bəə-lin) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Tibetan: པེར་ལིན་ལྕགས (per lin lcags) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Turkish: Berlin Duvarı — wall that parted Berlin
  • Turkmen: Berlin diwarı — wall that parted Berlin
  • Ukrainian: Берлі́нська стіна́ (Berlínsʹka stiná) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Ukrainian: Берлі́нський мур (Berlínsʹkyj mur) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Urdu: دیوار برلن (dīvār barlin) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Uzbek: Berlin divari — wall that parted Berlin
  • Venetan: muro de Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Vietnamese: Bức tường Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Waray-Waray: Bungbong han Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Welsh: Mur Berlin — wall that parted Berlin
  • Yiddish: בערלינער וואַנט (berliner vant) — wall that parted Berlin
  • Zazaki: Dêsê Berlini — wall that parted Berlin
  • Georgian: ბერლინის კედელი (berlinis ḳedeli) — barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border
  • Icelandic: Berlínarmúrinn — barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border
  • Portuguese: muro de Berlim — barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border