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Luxembourg

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Luxembourg

  2. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
    • 2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2016:
      The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.
  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

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Europe (appendix)edit
provinces of Belgiumedit

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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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)
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See also

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countries in Europe: Europas lande (appendix)edit

Estonian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Luxembourg (genitive Luxembourgi, partitive Luxembourgi)

  1. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Declension

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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

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  • 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

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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  • → Japanese: リュクサンブール (Ryukusanbūru)

See also

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countries in Europe: pays de l'Europe (appendix)edit
provinces of Belgium: provinces de Belgiqueedit

Hungarian

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 Luxembourg on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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This spelling (with -bourg) is used for the city, canton, or province, while Luxemburg with -u- for the country.[1][2]

Declension

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version
  2. ^ Krisztina Laczkó, Attila Mártonfi (2006), Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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The flag of Luxembourg flying in Luxembourg City.
The location of Luxembourg in Europe.

Alternative forms

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  • Luxemburg (equally standard spelling for the country and its capital)

Etymology

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Internationalism, based on French Luxembourg and German Luxemburg. Both forms ultimately continue Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, first recorded in a Latin deed from 963 and traditionally interpreted as “little castle”, from luzil (“little”) and burg (“castle, fortress”).

The name originally referred to the castle and the settlement that developed around it, and was later extended to the surrounding territory. The modern country, its capital, the Belgian province and the canton ultimately derive their names from this place-name.

Parallel international adaptations include Danish Luxembourg, Swedish Luxemburg, German Luxemburg, French Luxembourg, Dutch Luxemburg and Icelandic Lúxemborg (“Luxembourg”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /¹ˈlʉk.səm.bʉrɡ/, [ˈlʉ̀k.səm.bʉɾɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ʉksəmbʉrɡ
  • Hyphenation: Lux‧em‧bourg

Proper noun

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Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg; a country in Europe, between Belgium, Germany and France, with a capital of the same name.
    De kjørte gjennom Luxembourg på vei til Frankrike. ― They drove through Luxembourg on their way to France.
    • 2026 June 25, Nils Petter Thuesen, Sten Lundbo, “Luxembourg”, in Store norske leksikon‎[2]:
      Luxembourg er et land i Vest-Europa.
      Luxembourg is a country in Western Europe.
  2. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City; the capital city of Luxembourg, on the Alzette River.
    Vi tok toget til Luxembourg tidlig om morgenen. ― We took the train to Luxembourg early in the morning.
    • 2025 February 22, “Luxembourg – by”, in Store norske leksikon‎[3]:
      Luxembourg er hovedstaden i storhertugdømmet Luxembourg.
      Luxembourg is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
  3. Luxembourg; a province of Belgium, in Wallonia, with Arlon as its capital.
    De kjørte gjennom provinsen Luxembourg på vei sørover. ― They drove through Luxembourg Province on their way south.
    • 2025 February 22, Roger Pihl, “Luxembourg – provins i Belgia”, in Store norske leksikon‎[4]:
      Luxembourg er en provins i Belgia, i regionen Vallonia, lengst sørøst i landet.
      Luxembourg is a province of Belgium, in the region of Wallonia, in the far southeast of the country.
  4. Luxembourg; a canton of Luxembourg, containing the national capital and ten surrounding municipalities.
    Han bor i kantonen Luxembourg, men utenfor selve byen. ― He lives in the canton of Luxembourg, but outside the city itself.
    • 2016 September 29, “Luxembourg (kanton)”, in Wikipedia‎[5]:
      Luxembourg er en kanton i storhertugdømmet Luxembourg.
      Luxembourg is a canton in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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  • For the country and its capital, both Luxembourg and Luxemburg are standard Norwegian spellings. Språkrådet lists the Belgian province only as Luxembourg.
  • The official Norwegian long-form names are Storhertugdømmet Luxembourg and Storhertugdømmet Luxemburg (“the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg”).

Derived terms

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  • luxembourger (“Luxembourger; person from Luxembourg”)
  • luxemburger (“Luxembourger; person from Luxembourg”)
  • luxembourgsk (“Luxembourgish; of or relating to Luxembourg”)
  • luxemburgsk (“Luxembourgish; of or relating to Luxembourg”)

See also

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countries in Europe: Europas land (appendix)edit

References

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  • “luxembourger” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
  • “luxembourgsk” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
  • Nils Petter Thuesen, Sten Lundbo (25 June 2026), “Luxembourg”, in Store norske leksikon‎[6], retrieved 3 August 2026
  • “Luxembourg – by”, in Store norske leksikon‎[7], 22 February 2025, retrieved 3 August 2026
  • Roger Pihl (22 February 2025), “Luxembourg – provins i Belgia”, in Store norske leksikon‎[8], retrieved 3 August 2026
  • “Luxembourg's origins”, in Luxembourg.lu‎[9], 3 August 2026 (last accessed)
  • “RP2021 : Les communes en chiffres – Canton de Luxembourg”, in STATEC‎[10] (overall work in French), 18 August 2025, retrieved 3 August 2026
  • “Utanlandske stadnamn”, in Språkrådet‎[11], 3 August 2026 (last accessed)
  • “Navn på stater”, in Språkrådet‎[12], 3 August 2026 (last accessed)
  • “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, in Regjeringen.no‎[13], 3 August 2026 (last accessed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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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)
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