Gelsenkirchen

English

Proper noun

Gelsenkirchen

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Gelstenkerken, Geilistirinkirkin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən/, [ˌɡɛl.zn̩ˈkɪɐ̯.çn̩], [-zŋ̍-], [-zən-], [-kɪʁ-], [-çən], (locally) [ˌɡel.zŋ̍ˈkiɐ̯.çn̩]

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• Hyphenation: Gel‧sen‧kir‧chen

Proper noun

Gelsenkirchen n (proper noun, genitive Gelsenkirchens or (optionally with an article) Gelsenkirchen)

1. Gelsenkirchen (an independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

Declension

Declension of Gelsenkirchen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Gelsenkirchen
genitive	des	Gelsenkirchens, Gelsenkirchen1
dative	dem	Gelsenkirchen
accusative	das	Gelsenkirchen

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Gelsenkirchener
  • Gelsenkirchenerin

Related terms

• Geilenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen