Braunau am Inn

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁaʊ̯naʊ̯ am ˈɪn/

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• Hyphenation: Brau‧nau am Inn

Proper noun

Braunau am Inn n (proper noun, genitive Braunaus am Inn or (optionally with an article) Braunau am Inn)

1. Braunau am Inn (a town and district of Upper Innviertel, northwestern Upper Austria, Austria)
   • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Im Elternhaus” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Eine Abrechnung (volume 1), Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC, page 1; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “In My Parent's House” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf, A Reckoning (volume 1), New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 59:

     Als glückliche Bestimmung gilt es mir heute, daß das Schicksal mir zum Geburtsort gerade Braunau am Inn zuwies.

     I consider it most fortunate today that destiny selected Braunau-on-the-Inn to be my birthplace.

See also

• Inn

Further reading

• “Braunau am Inn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon