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German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...

exonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group ...

s for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in ''italics''.

Algeria

Belarus

Belgium

List of German exonyms for places in Belgium This is a list of German language exonyms for towns in Belgium. German is a minority language in Belgium, being especially used in the region of Arelerland. Complete list of names {, class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="5" , {{Flag, Belgiu ...

China

Croatia

List of German exonyms for places in Croatia This is a list of German exonyms for places in Croatia. The entire territory that belongs today to the Republic of Croatia, was governed by Austria-Hungary until 1918, and some Hungarian exonyms became common in German, and have been used inter ...

Cyprus

Czech Republic

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List of German names for places in the Czech Republic The names of places in what is today the Czech Republic have evolved during their history. The list concerns primarily the settlements, but bilingual names for significant mountains and rivers are also listed. Places are sorted alphabetically acco ...

As German was an official language during the Empire of Austria, those names are NOT exonyms.

Denmark

List of German exonyms for places in Denmark Below is list of German language exonyms for places in Denmark. This article does not include spelling changes with the same rough pronunciation, names spelled alike, and the predictable sending changes shown below: -ager -bjerg -bøl -borg -hav ...

Djibouti

Egypt

Estonia

* List of German exonyms for places in Estonia

France

* List of German exonyms for places in France

Georgia

Greece

Hungary

List of German exonyms for places in Hungary This is a list of German language exonyms for towns located in Hungary. Complete list {, class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="4" , {{Flag, Hungary ''Ungarn'' , - !Hungarian place !German name !County !Notes , - , Ács , Atsch , Komárom-Esz ...

India

Israel

Italy

Japan

Latvia

* List of German exonyms for places in Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

''Note that this list only includes towns whose German name is significantly different from the official (mainly French) form. Towns that differ with predictable spelling/ ending changes shown below are not included.'' * ae, c , é, oe, ou, u, v → ä, k, e, ö, u, ü, w * -ange, -haff → -ingen, -hof

Moldova

Morocco

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

North Korea

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Poland

List of German exonyms for places in Poland Below are links to subpages listing German language names of towns and villages in different regions of Poland. Due to the country's history, many of those names have been in actual use locally, and are thus ''not'' exonyms. Sublists by provinces ...

Portugal

Romania

*''For German exonyms of Romania in

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

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German exonyms (Transylvania) Below is a list of German language exonyms for towns and villages in Transylvania, Romania. {, class="wikitable sortable" ! German name !! Romanian name !! Hungarian name , - , Abtsdorf (bei Marktschelken) , , Țapu , , Csicsóholdvilág , - ...

Russia

*''For German names of towns in

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admin ...

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German exonyms (Kaliningrad Oblast) This is a list of German language, German names for types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:50%; text-align:left" ! Russian name{{small, Inhabited lo ...

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List of cities and towns in East Prussia List of cities and towns in East Prussia, as used before 1945: {, class="sortable wikitable" !City/Town !District (''Kreis'') !Pop. in 1939 !Current Name !Current Administrative Unit , - , Allenburg , , Landkreis Wehlau , , align=right , 2 69 ...

Serbia

''For German place names in the

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

region, please see: German exonyms (Vojvodina)''

Slovakia

List of German exonyms for places in Slovakia Below is a list of cities and towns in Slovakia, showing their German name. German is a minority language in Slovakia. The note ''Empire of Austria'' means that a post office - in the Kingdom of Hungary - used the German name before 1867.Edwin Muel ...

Slovenia

* List of German exonyms for places in Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

List of German exonyms for places in Switzerland This is list of German language exonyms for places in multilingual and fully non-German-speaking areas of Switzerland. Complete list of names See also * German exonyms * List of European exonyms {{Authority control German German(s) may r ...

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

All of the below names are now obsolete. They were formerly used when Tanzania was part of the colony of German East Africa.

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

References

German language

Exonyms An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

Exonyms

German exonyms Below is a list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in ''italics''. Algeria Belarus Belgium * List of German exonyms for places in Belgium ...