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Berliner

noun · 5 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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  • General-American: /bɚˈlɪnɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪnə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B ER0 L IH1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B ER0 L AY1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jelly doughnut

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: journalism, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: midi

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Berliner (“filled pastry”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an inhabitant of Berlin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: German

Narrower terms: West Berliner

History

Etymology

The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin + -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: berlinés — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Asturian: berlinesa — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Belarusian: берлі́нец (bjerlínjec) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Belarusian: берлі́нка (bjerlínka) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Breton: Berlinad — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Breton: Berliniz — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Breton: Berlinadez — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Breton: Berlinadezed — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Bulgarian: берлинча́нин (berlinčánin) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Bulgarian: берлинча́нка (berlinčánka) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Catalan: berlinès — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Catalan: berlinesa — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柏林人 (Bólínrén) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Czech: Berlíňan — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Danish: berliner — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Dutch: Berlijner — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Dutch: Berlijnse — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Dutch: Berlijnerin — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Esperanto: berlinano — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Finnish: berliiniläinen — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • French: Berlinois — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • French: Berlinoise — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Galician: berlinés — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Georgian: ბერლინელი (berlineli) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • German: Berliner — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • German: Berlinerin — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Greek: Βερολινέζος (Verolinézos) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Greek: Βερολινέζα (Verolinéza) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Italian: berlinese — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Low German: Berliner — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Marathi: बर्लिनकर (barlinkar) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: berliner — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berlinar — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Portuguese: berlinense — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Portuguese: berlinês — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Romanian: berlinez — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Romanian: berlineză — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Russian: берли́нец (berlínec) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Russian: берли́нка (berlínka) — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Sicilian: birrinisi — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Sicilian: birrinisa — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Spanish: berlinés — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Spanish: berlinesa — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Swedish: berlinare — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Turkish: Berlinli — native or inhabitant of Berlin
  • Asturian: bomba — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Catalan: berlina — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Danish: berliner — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Danish: berlinerpfannkuchen — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Dutch: berlinerbol — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Esperanto: benjeto — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Finnish: hillomunkki — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • French: boule de Berlin — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • German: Berliner — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • German: Pfannkuchen — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • German: Berliner Pfannkuchen — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • German: Fannkuchen (Berlinese) — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • German: Chrapfe — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Bavarian German: Krapfen — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: berlingozzo — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: berlinese — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: bombolone — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: bomba — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: graffa — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Italian: krapfen — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Marathi: बर्लिनर (barlinar) — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: berlinerbolle — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berlinerbolle — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Polish: pączek — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Portuguese: bola-de-berlim — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Portuguese: bola-de-Berlim — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Portuguese: bola de berlim — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Portuguese: bola de Berlim — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Portuguese: sonho — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Russian: берлинер (berliner) — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Spanish: berlinesa — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Swedish: berlinermunk — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Swedish: berliner — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Swedish: munk — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Turkish: Alman pastası — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling
  • Ukrainian: берлінський пончик (berlinsʹkyj pončyk) — doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling