Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brandenburg

/ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: bran-den-burg
IPA: /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A state in the northeast of Germany.

name

Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.

name

The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.

name

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

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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."
"He wore a coat […] trimmed with Brandenburgs."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Brandenburg

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/
British English: /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡ/

Inflected Forms

Brandenburgh (alternative) Brandenburgs (plural)

Derived Forms

Brandenburger Brandenburgian Brandenburgish

Rhymes With

vandenberg vandenburg

Questions

How do you pronounce brandenburg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/.
What does brandenburg mean?: A state in the northeast of Germany.
Where does brandenburg come from?: It is traced to German.

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