Meaning, origin and history of the place name Berlin

Type Settlement

Scripts Берлин(Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian) Берлін(Ukrainian)

Pronounced Pron. /bɛɐ̯.ˈliːn/(German) /bəɹ.ˈlɪn/(American English) /bə.ˈlɪn/(British English) /bɛʁ.lɛ̃/(French) /ˈbɛr.lin/(Polish, Hungarian) /ˈběr.liːn/(Croatian, Serbian) /bɛr.ˈlin/(Bulgarian) /bʲɪr.ˈlʲin/(Russian) /bɛr.ˈlʲin/(Ukrainian) [key·simplify]

Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as BERLİN in uppercase and berlin in lowercase.

Meaning & History

City in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning "swamp".

Other Languages & CulturesBerlín(Catalan) Berlín(Czech) Berlijn(Dutch) Berliini(Finnish) Berlín(Icelandic) Berlino(Italian) Berlim(Portuguese) Berlín(Slovak) Berlín(Spanish)

Same SpellingBerlín

User SubmissionBerlîn