Görlitz

English

Etymology

From German Görlitz.

Proper noun

Görlitz

  1. An independent city in Saxony, Germany

Translations

German

Etymology

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site.[1] Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡœʁlɪts/
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Proper noun

Görlitz n (proper noun, genitive Görlitz' or (with an article) Görlitz)

  1. Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany)

References
  1. Ernst Eichler, Hans Walther: Historisches Ortsnamenbuch von Sachsen. T. II. M – Z. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, s. 334
  2. Urkunde Nr. 246 vom 11. Dezember 1071 in: Dietrich von Gladiß u. Alfred Gawlik (Hrsg.): Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae: Tomus IV: Henrici IV. diplomata / Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser: Sechster Band: Die Urkunden Heinrichs IV. Teil 1, hrsg. von Dietrich von Gladiß: 1056–1076 Berlin 1941, S. 311–313 (Monumenta Germaniae historica, Digitalisat)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Görlitz. Doublet of Zgorzelec.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛr.lit͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrlit͡s
  • Syllabification: Gör‧litz

Proper noun

Görlitz m inan (indeclinable)

  1. Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany)
    Synonym: Zgorzelec

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