Munich

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈmjuːnɪk/ 🇺🇸 /ˈmjuːnɪk/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany, known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration, historic architecture, and cultural institutions.; A metonym for the policy of appeasement towards aggressive powers, derived from the 1938 Munich Agreement.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

Munich AgreementMunich OlympicsMunich beerMunich massacre

Derivatives

Munichite

Commonly confused

München
EN: 'München' is the German spelling of the same city; 'Munich' is the standard English exonym.

Spelling tips

EN: In English, 'Munich' is spelled without the umlaut; the German form 'München' uses 'ü', which is often incorrectly carried over into English text.

💬 Examples

  1. We spent three days exploring the museums and beer gardens in Munich.

  2. Critics warned that the new treaty was another Munich that would only embolden the dictator.