German Cities by Etymology - Statistics

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Origin Language Meaning Answer % Correct
Hammaburg "Hamma castle" Hamburg
97%
Frankonovurd / Vadum Francorum Old High German / Latin (respectively) "River crossing of the Franks" Frankfurt (am Main)
96%
Stuotgarten Old High German "Stud [warhorse] farm" Stuttgart
94%
Drežďany Sorbian family "Woods" or "Lowland forest dweller" Dresden
93%
apud Munichen Late Latin & Old/Middle High German "By the monks" München
92%
Birl- Old Polabian (stem, not an old name) "Swamp" Berlin
88%
Bona Latin Bonn
87%
Lipsk Slavic family "Settlement where the linden trees stand" Leipzig
79%
Magadoburg Old High German "Big fortress" Magdeburg
75%
Poztupimi West Slavonic "Beneath the oaks," corruption of pod dubmi Potsdam
67%
Sara briga Celtic family "Big stone/hill in the streaming water" Saarbrücken
52%
Augusta Vindelicorum Latin "Augustus the Vindicator" Augsburg
50%
Throtmanni Latin Dortmund
33%
Astnide Frankish, potentially "Region of ash trees/the east" Essen
33%
Mogontiacum Gallic family / Latin From Gallic god Mogons, "the great one" Mainz
29%
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