Leipzig

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Leipzig.

Pronunciation
  • (Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡ/,[1][2][3][4][5] /ˈlaɪp.sɪk/,[2][4][5], /ˈlaɪp.zɪɡ/ (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (as German) /ˈlaɪp.tsɪk/[5]

Proper noun

Leipzig

  1. An independent city in Saxony, Germany
  2. The Leipzig Glossing Rules or glossing style, a style of glossing used by linguists.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. “Leipzig”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. “Leipzig”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. “Leipzig”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. “Leipzig”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  5. “Leipzig”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Catalan

Proper noun

Leipzig m

  1. Leipzig

German

Etymology

From a Slavic name like "Lipsk", meaning "place of linden trees"; compare Lower Sorbian lipa, from Proto-Slavic *lìpa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Early spellings of the name in Latin include Libzi, Lipzk and the standard Lipsia.

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪptsɪç/
  • Audio (standard)(file)
  • (southern) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪptsɪk/
  • Audio (southern)(file)

Proper noun

Leipzig n (proper noun, genitive Leipzigs or (optionally with an article) Leipzig)

  1. Leipzig (a city in Saxony, Germany)
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:
      Wahrhaftig, du hast Recht! Mein Leipzig lob’ ich mir! / Es ist ein klein Paris, und bildet seine Leute.
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Descendants
  • English: Leipzig
  • Portuguese: Leipzig

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Leipzig.

Proper noun

Leipzig

  1. Leipzig (a city in Saxony, Germany)
    Synonym: Lípsia
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