weltbekannt

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German

Etymology

Welt (world) +‎ bekannt (known, famous)

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Adjective

weltbekannt (strong nominative masculine singular weltbekannter, not comparable)

  1. world-famous
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 14:
      Es war aber auch eine Gegend, über die sich viel lernen ließ, und weltbekannte Orte enthielt sie, bei deren Nennung man stolz oder traurig werden konnte, je nachdem.
      But it was really a region that one could learn a lot about, and it contained world-famous places, at the mention of which one could become proud or sad, as the case may be.

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Luxembourgish

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Adjective

weltbekannt (masculine weltbekannten, neuter weltbekannt, not comparable)

  1. world-famous

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