Grenzstädtchen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌʃtɛtçən/,
  • Hyphenation: Grenz‧städt‧chen

Noun

Grenzstädtchen n (strong, genitive Grenzstädtchens, plural Grenzstädtchen)

  1. diminutive of Grenzstadt
    • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Im Elternhaus” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Eine Abrechnung (volume 1), Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC, page 1; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “In My Parent's House” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf, A Reckoning (volume 1), New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 59:
      So scheint mir dieses kleine Grenzstädtchen das Symbol einer großen Aufgabe zu sein.
      And so this little border town appeared to me as the symbol of a great mission.

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