Bendlerblock

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German

Etymology

From Bendler +‎ Block, from its location on Bendlerstraße (now Stauffenbergstraße), named after local politician Johann Christoph Bendler (1789–1873).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bendlerblock m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bendlerblocks)

  1. A building complex in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, Germany
  2. (informal, metonymic, German politics) the Federal Ministry of Defence
    • 2023 January 16, Sebastian Huld, “Lambrecht wählt das Ende mit Schrecken”, in NTV‎:
      Selbstkritische Töne waren unmittelbar nicht zu vernehmen aus dem Bendlerblock, den Lambrecht in denkbar bewegten Zeiten verlassen wird.
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Declension

Declension of Bendlerblock
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Bendlerblock
genitive eines des Bendlerblocks
dative einem dem Bendlerblock
accusative einen den Bendlerblock

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