Brandenburg

English

Alternative forms

• Brandenburgh (obsolete)

Etymology

• From German Brandenburg.
• (city in Kentucky): Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.

Proper noun

Brandenburg

1. A state in the northeast of Germany.
2. Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
3. (historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

4. A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States.

Derived terms

• Brandenburger
• Brandenburgian
• Brandenburgish

Translations

state in northeast Germany

• Arabic: براندنبورغ (brandinburg)
• Bavarian: Brandnburg
• Bulgarian: Бра́нденбург m (Brándenburg)
• Catalan: Brandenburg (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃蘭登堡／勃兰登堡 (zh) (Bólándēngbǎo), 布蘭登堡／布兰登堡 (Bùlándēngbǎo)

• Corsican: Brandeburgu m
• Czech: Braniborsko (cs) n
• Dutch: Brandenburg (nl) n
• East Central German: Brandnborch, Brandnborg, Brandnburch, Brandnburg
• Finnish: Brandenburg (fi)
• French: Brandebourg (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi)
• German: Brandenburg (de), Land Brandenburg n

  Rhine Franconian: Brandebursch (Palatine)

• Greek: Βρανδεμβούργο (el) n (Vrandemvoúrgo)
• Hungarian: Brandenburg (hu)
• Italian: Brandeburgo (it) m
• Japanese: ブランデンブルク州 (Burandenburuku-shū)
• Kashubian: Brandenbùrgiô
• Latin: Brandenburgum (la) n
• Latvian: Brandenburga
• Lithuanian: Brandenburgas
• Low German:

  German Low German: Brannenborg n

• Macedonian: Бранденбург m (Brandenburg)
• Mongolian: Бранденбург (Brandenburg)
• Polabian: Branibor
• Polish: Brandenburgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Brandenburgo m
• Russian: Бра́нденбург (ru) m (Brándenburg), Бранденбу́рг (ru) m (Brandenbúrg)
• Silesian: Brandymburgijo
• Slovak: Brandenbursko (sk) n, Braniborsko
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bramborska f

  Upper Sorbian: Braniborska f

• Spanish: Brandeburgo (es) m
• Ukrainian: Бра́нденбу́рг m (Brándenbúrh)
• Vietnamese: Bran-đen-buốc
• Volapük: Brandänburgän (län)
• West Frisian: Brandenburch n
• Yiddish: בראַנדנבורג (brandnburg)

province

• Finnish: Brandenburg (fi)
• Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi), ბრანდენბურგის მხარე (brandenburgis mxare), ბრანდენბურგის პროვინცია (brandenburgis ṗrovincia)
• German: Brandenburg (de), Provinz Brandenburg f

  Rhine Franconian: Brandebursch (Palatine)

• Kashubian: Brandenbùrgiô
• Volapük: Brandänburgiän (provin)

city in the United States

• Catalan: Brandenburg (ca)
• Czech: Braniboř f
• Dutch: Brandenburg (nl)
• Finnish: Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg (fi)
• French: Brandebourg (fr), Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel (fr)
• Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi)
• German: Brandenburg (de), Brandenburg an der Havel (de) f, Stadt Brandenburg f
• Hungarian: Brandenburg (hu)
• Italian: Brandeburgo (it) m
• Latin: Brandenburgia f (Medieval Latin)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Brannenborg n

• Macedonian: Бранденбург m (Brandenburg)
• Portuguese: Brandenburgo f
• Russian: Бра́нденбург (ru) m (Brándenburg), Бранденбу́рг (ru) m (Brandenbúrg)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Branibor m

• Volapük: Brandenburg (zif)

Noun

Brandenburg (plural Brandenburgs)

1. A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
   • 1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:

     He wore a coat […] trimmed with Brandenburgs.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the state of Brandenburg
• Wikipedia article on the province of Brandenburg
• Wikipedia article on the town of Brandenburg an der Havel

German

Etymology

The second element is from Burg; the first element is usually said to be of Slavic origin, possibly related to the root of the Czech city name Brno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk]

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• Hyphenation: Bran‧den‧burg

Proper noun

Brandenburg n (proper noun, genitive Brandenburgs or (optionally with an article) Brandenburg)

1. Brandenburg (a state in northeast Germany)

   Synonym: Land Brandenburg

2. Brandenburg (a historical province of Germany)

   Synonyms: Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg

3. Synonym of Brandenburg an der Havel

Derived terms

• Brandenburg an der Havel
• Brandenburger
• Brandenburgisch
• brandenburgisch
• Kurfürstentum Brandenburg
• Land Brandenburg
• Mark Brandenburg
• Märkisch-Brandenburgisch
• märkisch-brandenburgisch
• Provinz Brandenburg

 

Related terms

• Branden, Brandenau, Brandenbach, Brandenberg, Brandenfels, Brandelshausen, Brandenkopf, Brantental

Further reading

• “Brandenburg” in Duden online
• “Brandenburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache