Sankt Petersburg

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg n (proper noun, genitive Sankt Petersburgs or (optionally with an article) Sankt Petersburg)

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrg), from German Sankt Peterburg (“Saint Peter's City”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋkt ˈpɛ.tɛrz.burk/

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• Syllabification: Sankt Pe‧ters‧burg

Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg m inan

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).

   Synonym: Petersburg

Declension

Declension of Sankt Petersburg

	singular
nominative	Sankt Petersburg
genitive	Sankt Petersburga
dative	Sankt Petersburgowi
accusative	Sankt Petersburg
instrumental	Sankt Petersburgiem
locative	Sankt Petersburgu
vocative	Sankt Petersburgu

Derived terms

adjective

• sanktpetersburski

 

Further reading

• Sankt Petersburg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sankt Petersburg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Proper noun

Sankt Petersburg n

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).

Synonyms

• Leningrad
• Petrograd