Berlin

Language: en

🇬🇧 /bɜˈːlɪn/ 🇺🇸 /bɜrˈlɪn/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The capital and largest city of Germany, located in the northeastern part of the country, historically divided by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.; A type of four-wheeled covered carriage with a separate compartment for passengers, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.; A type of fine wool yarn or knitting wool, originally manufactured in Berlin, used for embroidery and needlework.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

Berlin WallEast BerlinWest BerlinBerlin AirliftBerlin Philharmonic

Derivatives

Berliner

Commonly confused

Bern
EN: Bern is the capital of Switzerland; Berlin is the capital of Germany.
berline
EN: A berline is a type of enclosed four-wheeled carriage; Berlin is a city.

Spelling tips

EN: Always capitalized as a proper noun. Note the single 'r' and the ending '-in', not '-ine'.

💬 Examples

  1. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of German reunification.

  2. The wealthy family traveled across the countryside in an elegant berlin drawn by two horses.

  3. She embroidered the cushion cover using brightly colored Berlin wool.