Luxembourg

English

Alternative forms

• Luxemburg, Luxemburg City, Lëtzebuerg

Etymology

From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.səm.bɝɡ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Luxembourg

2. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
4. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
6. The capital city of Luxembourg.

   Synonym: Luxembourg City

8. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

Derived terms

• Luxembourger
• Luxembourgian
• Luxembourgish

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Luksèmburg
• Afrikaans: Luxemburg (af)
• Albanian: Luksemburg m, Luksemburgu (sq) m, (definite)
• Amharic: ሉክሰምበርግ (luksämbärg)
• Arabic: لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ f (luksumburg), لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ f (luksamburg), لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f (luksimburg)

  Hijazi Arabic: لوكسمبورق f (lūksimbūrg, lūksimbōrg)

• Aragonese: Lusemburgo m
• Armenian: Լյուքսեմբուրգ (hy) (Lyukʻsemburg)
• Assamese: লাক্সেমবাৰ্গ (laksêmbarg)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܟܣܹܡܒܘܼܪܓܵܐ f (luksemburga)
• Asturian: Luxemburgu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Lüksemburq (az)
• Bashkir: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Belarusian: Люксембу́рг m (Ljuksjembúrh), Люксэмбу́рг m (Ljuksembúrh) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: লুক্সেমবুর্গ (bn) (lukśemburgo)
• Breton: Luksembourg
• Bulgarian: Лю́ксембург (bg) m (Ljúksemburg)
• Burmese: လူဇင်ဘတ် (lujangbhat)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Луксембу́рьско n (Luksembúrʹsko)
• Catalan: Luxemburg (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)

  Mandarin: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (zh) (Lúsēnbǎo)

• Cornish: Lushaborg
• Corsican: Lussemburgu
• Crimean Tatar: Lüksemburg
• Czech: Lucembursko (cs) n
• Danish: Luxembourg (da), Luxemburg (da) (dated), Luxemborg (dated)
• Dutch: Luxemburg (nl) n
• Esperanto: Luksemburgio, Luksemburgo (eo)
• Estonian: Luksemburg (et)
• Farefare: Lʋksɛmbʋrgɔ
• Faroese: Luksemborg f
• Finnish: Luxemburg (fi)
• French: Luxembourg (fr) m
• Friulian: Lussemburc m
• Galician: Luxemburgo (gl) m
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგი (ka) (luksemburgi)
• German: Luxemburg (de) n
• Greek: Λουξεμβούργο (el) n (Louxemvoúrgo)
• Gujarati: લક્ઝેમ્બર્ગ (lakjhembarg)
• Hausa: Luxembourg, Lukusambur
• Hebrew: לוקסמבורג \ לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג f (luksembúrg)
• Hindi: लक्ज़मबर्ग m (lakzambarg), लक्समबर्ग m (laksambarg)
• Hungarian: Luxemburg (hu)
• Hunsrik: Luxemborrich n
• Icelandic: Lúxemborg (is) f
• Ido: Luxemburgia (io)
• Indonesian: Luxemburg, Luksemburg (id)
• Interlingua: Luxemburg
• Irish: Lucsamburg f
• Italian: Lussemburgo (it) m
• Japanese: ルクセンブルク (ja) (Rukusenburuku)
• Kannada: ಲಕ್ಸೆಂಬೊರ್ಗ್ (kn) (laksemborg)
• Kashubian: Luksembùrg m
• Kazakh: Люксембург (kk) (Lüksemburg)
• Khmer: លុចសំបួ (km) (lucsɑmbuə)
• Korean: 룩셈부르크 (ko) (Ruksembureukeu), 룩셈부르그 (ko) (Ruksembureugeu) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Luksembûrg (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg), Лүксембург (Lüksemburg)
• Lao: ລຸກຊຳບົວ (lo) (luk sam būa), ລຸກຊຳບວກ (luk sam būak)
• Latin: Luxemburgum n (New Latin)
• Latvian: Luksemburga (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Liuksemburgas (lt) m
• Low German: Luxemburg (nds)
• Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg (lb) n
• Macedonian: Луксембург (mk) m (Luksemburg)
• Malay: Luxembourg (ms)
• Malayalam: ലക്സംബർഗ് (laksambaṟgŭ)
• Maltese: Lussemburgu
• Maori: Rakapuō
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Люксембург (Ljuksemburg)

• Navajo: Bineʼadziihii Yázhí Hahoodzo
• Norman: Luxembourg m
• Northern Sami: Luxemburg
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Luxembourg (no) n, Luxemburg n

  Nynorsk: Luxembourg (nn) n, Luxemburg (nn) n

• Occitan: Luxemborg (oc) m
• Odia: ଲକ୍ସେମବର୍ଗ (laksemabarga)
• Pashto: لوکزامبورګ m (lokzāmborg), لوکزامبورک m (lokzāmbork), لکزمبرګ m (lokzamburg)
• Persian:

  Dari: لُوکْزَامْبُورْگ (lūkzāmbūrg)

  Iranian Persian: لوکْزامْبورْگ (lukzâmburg), لوکْسِمْبورْگ (luksemburg)

• Polish: Luksemburg (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Luxemburgo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਲਕਸਮਬਰਗ (laksamabrag)
• Romanian: Luxemburg (ro) n
• Romansch: Luxemburg m
• Russian: Люксембу́рг (ru) m (Ljuksembúrg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лу̏ксембург m

  Roman: Lȕksemburg (sh) m

• Silesian: Luksymburg m
• Sinhalese: ලක්‍සම්‍බර්‍ග් (laksambarg)
• Slovak: Luxembursko (sk) n
• Slovene: Lúksemburg (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Luxemburgska f

  Upper Sorbian: Luxemburgska f

• Spanish: Luxemburgo (es) m
• Swahili: Lasembagi (sw)
• Swedish: Luxemburg (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠟꠣꠇ꠆ꠍꠦꠝ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ꠆ꠉ (laxsembarg)
• Tagalog: Luksemburgo
• Tajik: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Tamil: லக்சம்பர்க் (lakcampark)
• Tatar: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Telugu: లక్సెంబర్గ్ (te) (laksembarg)
• Thai: ลักเซมเบิร์ก (th) (lák-sem-bə̀ək)
• Tibetan: ལུ་སེམ་བའུརག (lu sem ba'urg)
• Turkish: Lüksemburg (tr)
• Turkmen: Lýuksemburg, Lüksemburg
• Ukrainian: Люксембу́рг (uk) m (Ljuksembúrh), Люксембу́рґ m (Ljuksembúrg)
• Urdu: لَکْسَمْبَرْگ m (laksambarg)
• Uyghur: ليۇكسېمبۇرگ (lyuksëmburg)
• Uzbek: Luksemburg
• Vietnamese: Lục Xâm Bảo, Lúc-xăm-bua
• Volapük: Luxämburgän (vo)
• Walloon: Lussimbork (wa) m
• Welsh: Lwcsembwrg (cy)
• West Frisian: Lúksemboarch, Lúksemburch
• Yiddish: לוקסעמבורג n (luksemburg)
• Yoruba: Lusemogi

province in Belgium

• Arabic: لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ f (luksumburg), لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ f (luksamburg), لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f (luksimburg)
• Bulgarian: Лю́ксембург (bg) (Ljúksemburg)
• Catalan: Luxemburg (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)

  Mandarin: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (zh) (Lúsēnbǎo)

• Dutch: Luxemburg (nl) n
• Finnish: Luxembourg (fi)
• French: Luxembourg (fr) m
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგი (ka) (luksemburgi)
• Polish: Luksemburgia f, Luksemburg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luxemburgo (pt) m
• Russian: Люксембу́рг (ru) m (Ljuksembúrg)
• Walloon: Lussimbork (wa)

capital city

• Afrikaans: Luxemburg (af)
• Albanian: Luksemburg m, Luksemburgu (sq) m, (definite)
• Amharic: ሉክሰምበርግ (luksämbärg)
• Arabic: لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ f (luksumburg), لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ f (luksamburg), لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f (luksimburg)
• Armenian: Լյուքսեմբուրգ (hy) (Lyukʻsemburg)
• Azerbaijani: Lüksemburq (az)
• Belarusian: Люксембу́рг m (Ljuksjembúrh), Люксэмбу́рг m (Ljuksembúrh) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: লুক্সেমবুর্গ (bn) (lukśemburgo)
• Bulgarian: Лю́ксембург (bg) m (Ljúksemburg)
• Burmese: လူဇင်ဘတ် (lujangbhat)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)

  Mandarin: 盧森堡／卢森堡 (zh) (Lúsēnbǎo)

• Czech: Lucemburk (cs) m
• Danish: Luxembourg (da) n
• Dutch: Luxemburg (nl) n
• Esperanto: Luksemburgo (eo)
• Estonian: Luxembourg (et)
• Farefare: Lʋksɛmbʋrgɔ
• Finnish: Luxemburg (fi)
• Galician: Luxemburgo (gl)
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგი (ka) (luksemburgi)
• Greek: Λουξεμβούργο (el) n (Louxemvoúrgo)
• Hebrew: לוקסמבורג \ לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג f (luksembúrg)
• Hindi: लक्ज़मबर्ग m (lakzambarg), लक्समबर्ग m (laksambarg)
• Icelandic: Lúxemborg (is) f
• Indonesian: Luksemburg (id)
• Irish: Lucsamburg f
• Japanese: ルクセンブルク (ja) (Rukusenburuku)
• Kazakh: Люксембург (kk) (Lüksemburg)
• Khmer: លុចសំបួ (km) (lucsɑmbuə)
• Korean: 룩셈부르크 (ko) (Ruksembureukeu), 룩셈부르그 (ko) (Ruksembureugeu) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Lao: ລຸກຊຳບົວ (lo) (luk sam būa)
• Latin: Augusta Romanduorum, Urbs Luxemburgum
• Latvian: Luksemburga (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Liuksemburgas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Луксембург (mk) m (Luksemburg)
• Malay: Luxembourg (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Люксембург (Ljuksemburg)

• Navajo: Bineʼadziihii Yázhí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Luxembourg (no) n, Luxemburg n

  Nynorsk: Luxembourg (nn) n, Luxemburg (nn) n

• Persian:

  Dari: لُوکْزَامْبُورْگ (lūkzāmbūrg)

  Iranian Persian: لوکْزامْبورْگ (lukzâmburg), لوکْسِمْبورْگ (luksemburg)

• Polish: Luksemburg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luxemburgo (pt)
• Romanian: Luxemburg (ro) n
• Russian: Люксембу́рг (ru) m (Ljuksembúrg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лу̏ксембург m

  Roman: Lȕksemburg (sh) m

• Slovak: Luxemburg m
• Slovene: Lúxembourg m
• Spanish: Luxemburgo (es) m
• Swedish: Luxemburg (sv) n
• Tajik: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Tatar: Люксембург (Lyuksemburg)
• Thai: ลักเซมเบิร์ก (th) (lák-sem-bə̀ək)
• Tibetan: ལུ་སེམ་བའུརག (lu sem ba'urg)
• Turkish: Lüksemburg (tr)
• Turkmen: Lüksemburg
• Ukrainian: Люксембу́рг (uk) m (Ljuksembúrh), Люксембу́рґ m (Ljuksembúrg)
• Urdu: لَکْسَمْبَرْگ m (laksambarg)
• Uyghur: ليۇكسېمبۇرگ (lyuksëmburg)
• Uzbek: Luksemburg
• Vietnamese: Lục Xâm Bảo, Lúc-xăm-bua

canton in Luxembourg

• Afrikaans: Luxemburg (af)
• Bulgarian: Лю́ксембург (bg) m (Ljúksemburg)
• Dutch: Luxemburg (nl) n
• Finnish: Luxemburg (fi)
• Georgian: ლუქსემბურგი (ka) (luksemburgi)
• German: Luxemburg (de) n
• Polish: Luksemburg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luxemburgo (pt) m
• Russian: Люксембу́рг (ru) m (Ljuksembúrg)

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• (provinces of Belgium) Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant, West Flanders ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Belgium)}
• Countries of the world

Danish

Alternative forms

• Luxemburg

Proper noun

Luxembourg

1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)

Related terms

• luxembourger, luxemburger
• luxembourgsk, luxemburgsk

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluksemb̥urɡ̊/, [ˈluksemb̥urɡ̊]
• IPA^(key): /lyɡ̊z̥ɑnˈb̥uːr/, [lyɡ̊z̥ɑnˈb̥uːr] (educated)
• Rhymes: -uːr
• Hyphenation: Lu‧xem‧bourg

Proper noun

Luxembourg (genitive Luxembourgi, partitive Luxembourgi)

1. Luxembourg (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Declension

Declension of Luxembourg (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Luxembourg	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Luxembourgi
genitive			—
partitive		Luxembourgi	—
illative		Luxembourgi Luxembourgisse	—
inessive		Luxembourgis	—
elative		Luxembourgist	—
allative		Luxembourgile	—
adessive		Luxembourgil	—
ablative		Luxembourgilt	—
translative		Luxembourgiks	—
terminative		Luxembourgini	—
essive		Luxembourgina	—
abessive		Luxembourgita	—
comitative		Luxembourgiga	—

References

• Luxembourg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Luxembourg”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Luxembourg m

1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

   Meronyms: Arlon, Attert, Aubange, Bastogne, Bertogne, Bertrix, Bouillon, Chiny, Daverdisse, Durbuy, Érezée, Étalle, Fauvillers, Florenville, Gouvy, Habay, Herbeumont, Hotton, Houffalize, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Léglise, Libin, Libramont-Chevigny, Manhay, Marche-en-Famenne, Martelange, Meix-devant-Virton, Messancy, Musson, Nassogne, Neufchâteau, Paliseul, Rendeux, Rouvroy, Sainte-Ode, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Léger, Tellin, Tenneville, Tintigny, Vaux-sur-Sûre, Vielsalm, Virton, Wellin

3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
5. Ellipsis of jardin du Luxembourg. (garden in Paris)

Descendants

• → Japanese: リュクサンブール (Ryukusanbūru)

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}
• (provinces of Belgium) Provinces de Belgique; Anvers, Brabant flamand, Brabant wallon, Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre-Orientale, Hainaut, Liège, Limbourg, Luxembourg, Namur ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of Belgium)}

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluksɛmburɡ]
• Hyphenation: Lu‧xem‧bourg
• Rhymes: -urɡ
• Homophone: Luxemburg

Proper noun

Luxembourg

1. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
2. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
3. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)

Usage notes

This spelling (with -bourg) is used for the city, canton, or province, while Luxemburg with -u- for the country.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Luxembourg	—
accusative	Luxembourgot	—
dative	Luxembourgnak	—
instrumental	Luxembourggal	—
causal-final	Luxembourgért	—
translative	Luxembourggá	—
terminative	Luxembourgig	—
essive-formal	Luxembourgként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Luxembourgban	—
superessive	Luxembourgon	—
adessive	Luxembourgnál	—
illative	Luxembourgba	—
sublative	Luxembourgra	—
allative	Luxembourghoz	—
elative	Luxembourgból	—
delative	Luxembourgról	—
ablative	Luxembourgtól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Luxembourgé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Luxembourgéi	—

Possessive forms of Luxembourg
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Luxembourgom	—
2nd person sing.	Luxembourgod	—
3rd person sing.	Luxembourgja	—
1st person plural	Luxembourgunk	—
2nd person plural	Luxembourgotok	—
3rd person plural	Luxembourgjuk	—

Derived terms

• luxembourgi

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Luxemburg

Proper noun

Luxembourg

1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)

Related terms

• luxembourger, luxemburger
• luxembourgsk, luxemburgsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Luxemburg

Proper noun

Luxembourg

1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)

Related terms

• luxembourgar, luxemburgar
• luxembourgsk, luxemburgsk