Heidelberg

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Heidelberg

  • /ˈhaɪdəlbɜːɡ/ UK

Where it comes from

From German Heidelberg, from an uncertain word and Berg (“mountain”).

proper noun

  1. A city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany; the administrative seat of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg.
  2. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: berlin, new, gottingen, mannheim, freiburg, stuttgart, darmstadt, karlsruhe, ludwigshafen, bonn, mainz, würzburg, tübingen, ulm, augsburg, nuremberg

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name city

EspañolHeidelberg
中文海德堡 Hǎidébǎo
हिन्दीहाइडलबर्ग hāiḍalbarg
FrançaisHeidelberg
DeutschHeidelberg
РусскийХа́йдельберг Xájdelʹberg, Ге́йдельберг Géjdelʹberg

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MLA

"Heidelberg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heidelberg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Heidelberg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heidelberg

Chicago

"Heidelberg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heidelberg.

BibTeX
@misc{heidelberg_2026,
  title = {Heidelberg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heidelberg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}