Bismarck
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See also: bismarck
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪzmɑɹk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Bismarck
- A German family name.
- Otto von Bismarck, one of the prominent German statesmen of the nineteenth century.
- A major German battleship during World War II (named after the statesman).
- The capital city of North Dakota, United States and the county seat of Burleigh County.
Derived terms
Noun
Bismarck (plural Bismarcks)
German
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably from the German town of Bismark, a compound of Biese (name of a nearby river, related to Dutch bies (“bulrush”)) and Mark (“border region”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
die Bismarck f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Bismarck)
- a German battleship during the Second World War, the sister ship to the Tirpitz
Declension
Declension of Bismarck
Proper noun
Bismarck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bismarcks or (with an article) Bismarck, feminine genitive Bismarck, plural Bismarcks)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Bismarck
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Bismarck | (eine) | (die) | Bismarck | (die) | Bismarcks |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Bismarcks, Bismarck1 | (einer) | (der) | Bismarck | (der) | Bismarcks |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Bismarck | (einer) | (der) | Bismarck | (den) | Bismarcks |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Bismarck | (eine) | (die) | Bismarck | (die) | Bismarcks |
1With an article.
Italian
Proper noun
Bismarck m