Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city) · a settlement and former plantation in Para, Suriname

köken: Perhaps borrowed from German Berlin. Insofar as the name has undergone diphthongisation it must be of some age; hence possibly inherited from Middle Dutch [Term?], from Middle Low German [Term?]. The city was of relevance since circa 1250.

aile: Berlijner, Berlijns, Oost-Berlijn, West-Berlijn

PortekizceBerlim (dişil) /beʁˈlĩ/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

aile: berlinense, berlinês

YunancaΒερολίνο , Δυτικό Βερολίνο (nötr) /veroˈlino/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

köken: Borrowed from German Berlin.

aile: Βερολινέζος, Βερολινέζα, βερολινέζικος

Japoncaベルリン , 伯林 , 西ベルリン

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

köken: Borrowed from German Berlin.

Çince柏林 /pu̯ɔ³⁵ lin³⁵/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

köken: Borrowed from German Berlin.

aile: 東柏林, 东柏林, 柏林人, 柏林圍牆, 柏林围墙, 柏林樂派, 柏林乐派, 柏林牆, 柏林墙, 西柏林

Korece베를린 , 서베를린 /pe̞ɾɯʎʎin/

Berlin (the capital city of Germany)

köken: Borrowed from German Berlin.

İsveççeBerlin , Västberlin (nötr) /berˈliːn/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

LehçeBerlin , Berlin Zachodni (eril) /ˈbɛr.lin/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

aile: berlinianka, berlinka, berlińczyk

UkraynacaБерлі́н , За́хідний Берлі́н

Hintçeपश्चिम बर्लिन , बर्लिन (eril) /bəɾ.lɪn/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

FinceBerliini , Länsi-Berliini /ˈberliːni/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

köken: From German Berlin.

aile: berliiniläinen, berliininlehmus, berliininmakkara, berliininmunkki, berliininpoppeli, Itä-Berliini

ÇekçeBerlín , Západní Berlín (eril) /ˈbɛrliːn/

Berlin (the capital and largest city and state of Germany)

vlak do Berlína

RumenceBerlin , Berlinul de Vest /ber.ˈlin/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

aile: berlinez, berlineză

MacarcaBerlin , Nyugat-Berlin /ˈbɛrlin/

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) · Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

aile: berlini

Etimoloji

The place is first mentioned by this name in the late 12th century (as Middle Low German Berlyn). The origin is unknown. Slavic by the suffix -in. According to (incorrect) folk etymology, the name is derived from the Bär (“bear”) that is the symbol of the city. In a popular etymology of Germanists, it is derived from a Polabian stem *berl- ~ *birl- (“swamp”), for which lexical item there is no…