German exonyms

Note that this list only includes towns whose German name is significantly different from the official (mainly French) spelling. Towns that differ in the ending only (-ange/-ingen), e.g. Wormeldange=Wormeldingen are not included in this list.

Aechelbour Ächelbur
Ansembourg Ansemburg
Antoniushaff Antoniushof
Basbellain Niederbesslingen
Bascharage Niederkerschen
Bavigne Böwen
Beaufort Befort
Belair Neumerl
Belvaux Beles
Berbourg Berburg
Berburgerhaff Berburgerhof
Berlé Berl
Bettembourg Bettemburg
Bicherhaff Bicherhof
Bigonville Bondorf
Bivange Biwingen
Blaschette Blanscht
Boevange Bögen
Boevange-sur-Attert Bögen an der Attert
Bollendorf-Pont Bollendorferbrück
Born-Moulin Bornmühlen
Boudler Budler
Boudlerbach Budlerbach
Boulaide Bauschleiden
Bour Bur
Bourghaff Burghof
Bourglinster Burglinster
Bourscheid Burscheid
Bourscheid-Moulin Burscheidermühle
Boursdorf Bursdorf
Brandenbourg Brandenburg
Brouch Bruch
Burange Büringen
Burden Bürden
Burschtermillen Burschtermühlen
Capellen Kapellen
Carelshaff Karlshof
Cessange Zessingen
Clemency Küntzig
Clervaux Clerf
Colbette Kolbet
Colpach-Bas Nieder Colpach
Colpach-Haut Ober Colpach
Crauthem Krauthem
Cruchten Krüchten
Dasbourg-Pont Dasburgerbrück
Doncols Donkholz
Dudelange Düdelingen
Elvange Elwingen
Eschette Brescht
Everlange Ewerlingen
Feischterhaff Feischterhof
Fensterdall Fenstertal
Folschette Fulscht
Fouhren Fuhren
Fréiresmillen Freiersmühlen
Greiveldange Greiweldingen
Groëstaen Grünstein
Hachiville Helzingen
Hamiville Heinsch
Hautbellain Oberbesslingen
Hautcharage Oberkerschen
Haut-Martelange Ober Martelingen
Hespérange Hesperingen
Hivange Hiwingen
Hoesdorf Hösdorf
Hongerhaff Hungerhof
Kappellebour Kappellenbur
Klenge Bourghaff Kleiner Burghof
Koedange Ködingen
Koenerhaff Könnerhof
Koerich Körich
Koeschette Köscht
Kreiz Kreuz
Lamadelaine Rollingen
Larochette Fels
Léierhaff Leierhof
Luxembourg Luxemburg
Marbourg Marburg
Meysembourg Meisemburg
Michelbrouch Michelbruch
Michelsbierg Michelsberg
Michelshaff Michelshof
Mierschgronn Mierschgrund
Moersdorf Mörsdorf
Moesdorf Mösdorf
Mondercange Monnerich
Mondorf-les-Bains Bad Mondorf
Moserhaff Moserhof
Moulin de Bigonville Bondorfermühle
Moutfort Mutfurt
Mullendorf Müllendorf
Neihaisgen Neuhäuschen
Perlé Perl
Pétange Petingen
Petit-Nobressart Klein Elcherodt
Pontpierre Steinbrücken
Quatre-Vents Vierwinden
Rambrouch Rambruch
Rodenbourg Rodenburg
Rodenhaff Rodenhof
Rombach-Martelange Rombach-Martelingen
Roodt-lès-Ell Rodt bei Ell
Roodt-sur-Eisch Rodt a.d. Eisch
Roodt-sur-Syre Rodt a.d. Syr
Roudenhaff Rodenhof
Roulliger Rulliger
Roullingen Rullingen
Rousch Rusch
Saeul Säul
Sanem Sassenheim
Schouweiler Schuweiler
Schuttbourg Schüttburg
Septfontaines Simmern
Soleuvre Zolver
Sonlez Soller
Surré Syr
Tarchamps Ischpelt
Tetange Tetingen
Troine Trotten
Troine-Route Straß-Trotten
Troisvierges Ulflingen
Tuntange Tüntingen
Wallendorf-Pont Wallendorferbrück
Wincrange Wintger

Moldova

Chişinău Kischinew
Soltoaia Scholtoi
Valea Norocului Glückstal
Rîşcani Ryschkanowka
Ciobanovca Hirtenheim

Netherlands

Arnhem Arnheim
Boskoop Boskop
Den Haag Haag
Kerkrade Kirchrath
Nieuweschans Neuenschanz
Nijmegen Nimwegen
Swalmen Schwalmen
Ubach over Worms Waubach
Wahlwiller Wahlweiler

Norway

Trondheim Drontheim (shortly used during World War II)

Poland

For further German places names see : List of German exonyms for places in Poland and List of cities and towns in East Prussia

Bielsko-Biała Bielitz-Biala
Bydgoszcz Bromberg
Bytom Beuthen
Cieszyn Teschen
Częstochowa Tschenstochau
Gdańsk Danzig
Gdynia Gdingen, 1939-1945 Gotenhafen
Gorzów Wielkopolski Landsberg a.d. Warthe
Górowo Iławeckie Landsberg
Gniezno Gnesen
Kaszuby Kaschubei
Katowice Kattowitz
Koszalin Köslin
Kraków Krakau
Kujawy Kujawien
Legnica Liegnitz
Łódź Lodsch, 1939-1945 Litzmannstadt
Mazury Masuren
Nowy Sącz Neusandez
Opole Oppeln
Oświęcim Auschwitz
Piotrków Petrikau
Poznań Posen
Sosnowiec Sosnowitz
Szczecin Stettin
Toruń Thorn
Wałbrzych Waldenburg
Warszawa Warschau
Wrocław Breslau
Zielona Góra Grünberg in Schlesien

Polish cities with German names

In addition there are several modern Polish cities that were settled with German names

Most cities in East Prussia
Allenstein (German: "Stone castle at the Alle River", Polish name: Olsztyn)
Christburg (German: "Christ's castle"), renamed Dzierzgoń
Kolberg (Polish name: Kołobrzeg)
Marienburg in Westpreußen (German: "Mary's castle" (both the castle and the town of Marienburg were named for their patron saint), Polish name: Malbork)
Waldenburg (German: "Forest castle", Polish name: Wałbrzych)
Thorn (Polish name: Toruń)
Kulm (Polish name: Chełmno)
Landsberg in Ostpreußen (renamed Górowo Iławeckie)
Landsberg an der Warthe (renamed: Gorzów Wielkopolski)
Neidenburg (Polish name: Nidzica)
Guttstadt (German: "Good city", Polish name Dobre Miasto)
Heilsberg im Ermland (Polish name Lidzbark Warmiński)
Bartenstein (German: "Stone castle of the Bartians / Bartia, Polish name: Bartoszyce)
Schippenbeil (Polish name: Sępopol)
Riesenberg (German: "Giant's mountain", Polish name: Prabuty)

Portugal

Lisboa Lissabon

Romania

For German exonyms in Transylvania, see: German exonyms (Transylvania)
Bacău Barchau
Baia Mare Frauenbach
Botoșani Botoschan
Brașov Kronstadt
București Bukarest
Buzău Busäu
Câmpulung Langena
Cluj-Napoca Klausenburg
Constanța Konstanza, Konstanz
Craiova Kragau/Krajowa
Curtea de Argeș Argisch
Focșani Fokschan
Galați Galatz
Giurgiu Zurz/Sankt Georg
Hunedoara Eisenmarkt
Iași Jassy
Oradea Großwardein
Piatra Neamț Kreuzburg an der Bistritz
Pitești Pitesk
Râmnicu Sărat Rümnick/Rebnick
Râmnicu Vâlcea Wultsch/Königsberg
Reșița Reschitza/Reschitz
Roman Romesmark
Satu Mare Sathmar
Sibiu Hermannstadt
Sighișoara Schäßburg
Slatina Zelatna
Slobozia Freistadt
Suceava Suczawa
Târgoviște Tergowisch
Târgu Jiu Tergoschwyl
Târgu Mureş Neumarkt
Timișoara Temeschburg/Temeswar
Tulcea Tultscha/Tultschs
Turnu Măgurele Großnikopel

Russia

For German names of towns in Kaliningrad Oblast, see : German exonyms (Kaliningrad Oblast) and List of cities and towns in East Prussia
Moskva Moskau
Akhtubinsk Achtuba
Atkarsk Atkaraue
Belgorod Belgard, Weißenstadt
Bokovskaja Bochum
Brjansk Waldemarstadt
Dankov Dankau
Engels Kosakenstadt
Elets Ielez
Frolov Frölau
Sankt-Peterburg Sankt Petersburg (see below)
Pskov Pleskau
Ivangorod Johannstadt
Kamyshin Kamüsche
Kingisepp Jamburg
Klimovsk Klimowsk
Krasnoarmejsk Balzer
Kuznetsk Kusnezk
Lipetsk Libach
Ljudinovo Ljudinau
Lunino Luninau
Marks Katharinenstadt
Michurinsk Michelshof
Mikhajlovka Michailaue
Millerovo Müllerau
Morshansk Maueran
Novocherkassk Neu-Tscherkassk
Novomoskovsk Bobrike
Novoshakhtinsk Neue Minenstadt
Oktjabrskij Gremsdorf
Ostrogozhsk Gotenfurt
Shlisselburg Schlüsselburg
Pavlovsk Pawlowstadt
Pechory Petschur
Penza Pensa
Petrovsk Petersdorf
Pugachev Pugaschau
Rossosh Neuregensburg
Rostov-na-Donu Rostofa
Rovnoe Seelmann
Rylsk Rülich
Saratov Saratau
Syzran Süzran
Tambov Tambau
Valujki Walken
Volgograd Wolgograd
Volsk Wolsk
Voronezh Woronesch
Zhyrnovsk Hussenbach

Russian cities with German names

In addition there are several Russian cities that were settled with German names

Most cities in East Prussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
Saint Petersburg (German: Sankt Petersburg; Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterburg), "Saint Peter's castle")
Königsberg (German : "The King's Mountain"; settled as Königsberg, renamed to Kaliningrad in honor of Mikhail Kalinin
Kronstadt (German : "crown city")
Peterhof (German : "Peter's estate")
Yekaterinburg (German Katharinenburg : "Catherine's castle")
Orenburg (German : "Castle upon the Or river")
Oranienbaum (current) (the current town)
Lomonosov (was Oranienbaum, [Ораниемба́ум] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); German for "orange tree", in modern German the word is Orangenbaum)
Shlisselburg (transliteration of German Schlüsselburg The name, meaning "key fortress" in German, refers to Peter's perception of the fortress as the "key to Ingria")

Cities renamed

Engels (founded as Pokrovskaya sloboda, renamed Pokrovsk in 1914. In 1931, when it became the capital of the Volga German SSR, now a part of Saratov, it was renamed after Friedrich Engels)^{[dubious – discuss]}
Jamburg (Settled as Yama or Yamsky Gorodok, renamed Jamburg, then Yamburg', now Kingisepp, Russian: Кингисе́пп)

Serbia

For German place names in the Vojvodina region, please see: German exonyms (Vojvodina)

Beograd Belgrad
Novi Sad Neusatz
Vršac Werschetz
Niš Nisch

Slovakia

Banská Bystrica Neusohl
Bratislava Preßburg
Dunajská Streda Niedermarkt
Gelnica Göllnitz
Grinava Grünau
Komárno Komorn
Košice Kaschau
Levoča Leutschau
Modra Modern
Nitra Neutra
Petržalka Engerau
Pezinok Bösing
Poprad Deutschendorf
Prešov Preschau
Rača Ratzersdorf
Šamorín Sommerein
Spišská Nová Ves Zipser Neudorf
Svätý Jur Sankt Georgen
Trnava Tyrnau
Trenčín Trentschin
Žilina Sillein
Žitný ostrov Schütt or Schüttinsel
Zvolen Altsohl
For further names, see : List of German exonyms for places in Slovakia

Slovenia

For a more detailed list see: List of German exonyms for places in Slovenia

Celje Cilli
Kranj Krainburg
Ljubljana Laibach
Maribor Marburg (an der Drau)
Murska Sobota Olsnitz
Novo Mesto Rudolfswerth
Ptuj Pettau
Slovenj Gradec Windischgrätz
Velenje Wallein
Žužemberk Seisenberg

Spain

Sagunto Sagunt
Tenerife Teneriffa
Zaragoza Saragossa
Aragon Aragonien

Sweden

Gothenburg Göteburg
Scania Schonen

Ukraine

Berehove Bergsäß
Chernivtsi Tschernowitz/Czernowitz
Chornobyl Tschernobyl
Ivano-Frankivsk Stanislau
Lviv Lemberg
Rivne Röwne
Sevastopol Theoderichshafen
Simferopol Gotenburg
Uzhhorod Ungarisch Burg (lit. Hungarian Citadel)

Ukrainian settlements with German names

In addition there are several Ukrainian settlements that were settled with German names

Kassel Komarivka
Bergdorf Kolosova
Glückstal Glinnaya
Neudorf Karmanova
Tranzfeld ^{[citation needed]}
Mariental Georgievka
Josefstal Sergeievka
Schabo Kolonie Shabo
Schabolat Belenkoye
Schlenker Gut ^{[citation needed]}
Schulz Gut
Akkerman Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Schulzenheim Bazaryanka

Ukraine

Alushta: Alaust
Berdychiv: Berdizau, Bocholt
Bila Tserkva: Weißkirchen
Chaplinka: Brixen
Charkiw: Charkow
Cherkassy: Tscherkassen, Kosakenstadt
Chernihiv: Tschernigau
Dnipropetrovsk: Rufstein, Katharinenau, Katerinoslau
Dobropillya: Wiesendorf
Donetsk: Neukoblenz, Donezstadt
Dzhankoy: Schönbrunn
Feodosiya: Theodosia
Gorlovka: Gorlauka
Kakhivka: Arnheim
Kamyanets-Podilsky: Kamenitz
Karlivka: Karlstadt
Kertch: Bospor
Kharkiv: Karkau
Kherson: Cherson
Khmelnytsky: Proskürow, Bugenau
Konotop: Pferdemoor, Pferdefeld
Korosten: Wiesental
Kovel: Linsingen, Koweil
Kropyvnytskyi: Elisabethburg
Kryvy Rih: Siegen, Rog
Kyiv: Kiroffo, Königard, Sieggard
Lozova: Neu-Lausitz, Lazow
Lubny: Holshofen, Lubmin
Lutsk: Luzesk, Lutchesk
Mariupol: Marienhafen
Melitopol: Melitopel
Mykolayiv: Greuthunger Nikolaus, Bugburg
Myrgorod: Mirgard
Nezhyn: Nißen, Eunenetz
Novgorod-Siversky: Severische Naugard
Novi Bug: Neubug
Novograd-Volynsky: Wolhynische Naugard
Novotroitske: Klausen
Okhtyrka: Katharinenfeld
Pavlohrad: Pohlhelm
Pryluky: Neu-Ulm
Pyatykhatky: Brüel
Pyryatyn: Reichsburg
Rivne: Röwne, Raunau
Romny: Romen, Romenach
Shepetivka: Scheptäuch
Simferopol: Gotenburg
Smila: Neu-Regensburg
Sovetskyj: Freudental
Sumy: Sumen
Ternopol: Tarnopel
Tokmak: Halbstadt
Uman: Neubozen
Vinnytsia: Winniza
Yalta: Galita
Yevpatoriya: Kirchenteu
Zaporizhya: Saporoschie
Zhytomyr: Friedenwald, Shitomir, Rindenwall

United Kingdom

Canterbury archaic: Kanterberg, Kantelberg
Edinburgh Edinburg
Scalloway archaic: Schaldewage

Exonyms for places outside of Europe

Al Khalil-Hevron (Hebron) (West Bank) Hebron
Ariha (Jericho) (West Bank) Jericho
Bakı (Baku) (Azerbaijan) Baku
Cape Town (South Africa) Kapstadt
Dār al-Bayḍāʼ (Casablanca) (Morocco) Casablanca
Chicago (United States) Chikago
Dimashq (Damascus) (Syria) Damaskus
Haleb (Aleppo) (Syria) Aleppo
Iskandariya (Alexandria) (Egypt) Alexandria
Kolkata (Calcutta) (India) Kalkutta
Kokopo (Papua New Guinea) Herbertshöhe
Krung Thep (Bangkok) (Thailand) Bangkok
Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (Mexico) Mexiko-Stadt
New Delhi (India) Neu-Delhi
Pyongyang (Korea) Pjöngjang
Qahirah (Cairo) (Egypt) Kairo
Singapore (Singapore) Singapur
Taipei (Taiwan) Taipeh
Sur (Tyre) (Lebanon) Tyrus
Tblisi (Georgia) Tiflis
Tokyo (Japan) Tokio
Tarabulus (Tripoli) (Libya) Tripolis
Ville de Djibouti (Djibouti) Dschibuti
Walvis Bay (Namibia) Walfischbai
Windhoek (Namibia) Windhuk
Yangon (Burma) Rangun
Yaoundé (Cameroon) Jaunde
Yerushalayim-al-Quds (Jerusalem) (Israel/West Bank) Jerusalem
California (United States) Kalifornien

China

Beijing Peking
Guangzhou Kanton
Jiaozhou Kiautschou
Nanjing Nanking
Qingdao Tsingtau

Israel

an-Nāṣira (Nazareth) Nazareth
Allonei Abba Waldheim (referring to times before 1948)
Ashqelon Askalon
Beit Lechem haGlilit (Bethlehem of Galilee) Bethlehem in Galiläa
Bnei Atarot Wilhelma (originally Hamadîje-Wilhelma, which did not assert itself; used to refer to times before 1948)
Daburiyya Tabor
Kafr Kana Kana
Kfar Nachum Kapernaum
Kfar Tavor Tabor, Kfar Tabor
Lake Kinneret See Genezareth
Lod Lydda
Natzrat (Nazareth) Nazareth
Netzer Sereni Bîr Sâlem (referring to times before 1948)
Qeisaryah Caesarea (Maritima)
Tel Aviv-haQiriya (a locality in Tel Aviv; Sharonah) Sarona (referring to times before 1948)
Tel Aviv-Yafo (a locality in Tel Aviv) Jaffa
Tiverya (Tiberias) Tiberias
Yerushalayyim-al-Quds (Jerusalem) (Israel/West Bank) Jerusalem
Acre (Akko) Akkon

Turkey

Antakya Antiochia (referring to times before 1930)
Edirne Adrianopel (referring to times before 1930)
Efes (Ephesus) Ephesos
Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Gallipoli
Halikarnas (Halicarnassus) Halikarnassos
İstanbul (Istanbul) Byzanz, Konstantinopel (referring to times before 1930)
İzmir Smyrna (referring to times before 1930)
Trabzon Trapezunt (referring to times before 1930)
Truva (Troy) Troja

References

^ Barnes & Nobles Revised Atlas of World History

[1] Barnes & Nobles Revised Atlas of World History

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Links to more extensive lists

List of German exonyms for places in other areas

Albania

Belarus

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

France

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Province of Aosta

Province of Belluno

Province of Gorizia

Province of Sondrio

Province of Trento

Province of Trieste

Province of Udine

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Polish cities with German names

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Russian cities with German names

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Ukraine

Ukrainian settlements with German names

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Exonyms for places outside of Europe

China

Israel

Turkey

See also

References