Karl-Marx-Stadt

English

Etymology

From Karl Marx + German Stadt.

Proper noun

Karl-Marx-Stadt

1. Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.

German

Etymology

From Karl +‎ Marx +‎ Stadt (“town, city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʁlˈmaʁksˌʃtat]

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• Hyphenation: Karl-Marx-Stadt

Proper noun

Karl-Marx-Stadt n (proper noun, genitive Karl-Marx-Stadts or (optionally with an article) Karl-Marx-Stadt)

1. Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.

Declension

Declension of Karl-Marx-Stadt [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Karl-Marx-Stadt
genitive	des	Karl-Marx-Stadts, Karl-Marx-Stadt1
dative	dem	Karl-Marx-Stadt
accusative	das	Karl-Marx-Stadt

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Karl-Marx-Städter
  • Karl-Marx-Städterin

Related terms

• Karlstein, Karlshafen, Karlsruhe, Karlstadt
• Albstadt, Eisenhüttenstadt, Umstadt, Grünstadt, Neustadt