English Explanatory Dictionary

Wilhelmstrasse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
  2. The German government or Foreign Office.

Pronunciation

/ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑs/

Word forms

Wilhelmstrasse

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).

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