Regensburg

English

Proper noun

Regensburg

1. An independent city, the administrative seat of Upper Palatinate, on the River Danube in Bavaria, Germany; also called Ratisbon.
2. A rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Regensburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.

Translations

city in Germany

• Armenian: Ռեգենսբուրգ (Ṙegensburg)
• Bavarian: Rengschburg
• Catalan: Ratisbona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷根斯堡 (Léigēnsībǎo)

• Czech: Řezno (cs) n
• Finnish: Regensburg
• French: Ratisbonne (fr) f
• Georgian: რეგენსბურგი (regensburgi)
• German: Regensburg (de) n

  Alemannic German: Rägensburg

• Greek: Ρέγκενσμπουργκ (el) n (Régkensmpourgk)
• Hebrew: רגנסבורג
• Italian: Ratisbona (it) f
• Japanese: レーゲンスブルク (Rēgensuburuku)
• Korean: 레겐스부르크 (ko) (Regenseubureukeu)
• Latin: Ratisbona f
• Latvian: Rēgensburga
• Lithuanian: Rėgensburgas
• Marathi: रेगन्सबुर्क (regansaburka)
• North Frisian: Regensbörj
• Persian: رگنسبورگ
• Polish: Ratyzbona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ratisbona f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Rězno n

• Spanish: Ratisbona (es) f
• Ukrainian: Ре́генсбург m (Réhensburh), Ре́ґенсбурґ (Régensburg)

Anagrams

• Greensburg

German

Etymology

The first element was first attested as Regino and Reginum in the 3rd and 4th century. A Castra Regina was mentioned around 400. The Latin term is derived from Regana, the name of the river Regen which empties into the Danube at Regensburg. The second element corresponds to Burg. The New Latin form Reginopolis was created by Renaissance Humanists.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁeːɡn̩sˌbʊʁk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Re‧gens‧burg

Proper noun

Regensburg n (proper noun, genitive Regensburgs or (optionally with an article) Regensburg)

1. Regensburg, Ratisbon (an independent city, the administrative seat of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Germany)
2. A rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Regensburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

Derived terms

• Regensburger
• regensburgisch

Further reading

• “Regensburg” in Duden online