Lübeck

Lübeck

1. A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.

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From Middle Low German Lǖbēke, from Polabian Liubice (literally “lovely”) (compare Slovak Ľubica (personal name)), from Proto-Slavic *ľubь (“love”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”). The latter part of the name was altered after the common Low German placename suffix +‎ -beck, from Middle Low German bēke (“brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyːbɛk/, (dated) /ˈlyːbeːk/

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• Hyphenation: Lü‧beck

Lübeck n (proper noun, genitive Lübecks or (optionally with an article) Lübeck)

1. Lübeck (an independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

• Lybeck

From German Lübeck.

Lübeck n (genitive Lübecks)

1. Lübeck (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

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