Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gothenburg

/ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: gothen-burg
IPA: /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

name

A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States, originally settled by Swedish people.

Example Sentences

"This is what Staffan I. Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, had to say about the state of the world while speaking over the phone to the Hankyoreh on Thursday, only a few days ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15."

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: Göteborg, Gothenburg

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/
British English: /ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/

Inflected Forms

Goteborg (alternative)

Derived Forms

Gothenburger

Rhymes With

rotenberg

Questions

How do you pronounce gothenburg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/.
What does gothenburg mean?: A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
Where does gothenburg come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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