Leipzig

Leipzig

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leipzig, from Slavic.

Pronunciation

  • (Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡ/[1][2][3][4][5], /ˈlaɪp.sɪk/[2][4][5]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (as German) /ˈlaɪp.tsɪk/[5]
  • Hyphenation: Leip‧zig

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. 2.0 2.1 Leipzig”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ Leipzig”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Leipzig”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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 Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian Lipsk (literally place of linden trees); compare Upper Sorbian and 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): /ˈlaɪpt͡sɪç/
  • Audio (standard):(file)
  • (southern) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪpt͡sɪk/
  • Audio (Southern):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Leip‧zig

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]‎[1]:
      Wahrhaftig, du hast Recht! Mein Leipzig lob’ ich mir! / Es ist ein klein Paris, und bildet seine Leute.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. a rural district of Saxony; seat: Borna
  3. a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379, Saskatchewan, Canada
  4. Leyptsig (a village in the Varnensky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)

Descendants

  • English: Leipzig
  • Portuguese: Leipzig

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Leipzig.

Proper noun

Leipzig f

  1. alternative form of Lípsia