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Literal Translations of German City Names

Can you guess these German city names based on their literal English translation?
most of those city names don't translate as such in reality
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Last updated: May 26, 2020
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First submittedMay 26, 2020
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Literal English Meaning
German City
Bathing Bathing
Baden-Baden
Brown Be Silent!
Braunschweig
Charles's Rest
Karlsruhe
Constancy
Konstanz
Eating
Essen
Frank Ford
Frankfurt
Frederick's Harbor
Friedrichshafen
Free Fortress
Freiburg
Hall
Halle
He Ford
Erfurt
Literal English Meaning
German City
Intestine City
Darmstadt
Open Creek
Offenbach
Maid's Fortress
Magdeburg
Man Home
Mannheim
New Minster
Neumünster
Rain's Fortress
Regensburg
Saar Bridges
Saarbrücken
Salt Grid
Salzgitter
There Mouth
Dortmund
Wupper Valley
Wuppertal
5 Comments
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Level 85
May 26, 2020
Intestine City sounds charming.
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Level 73
May 29, 2020
Very interesting quiz :)
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Level 68
Nov 11, 2022
Charles' Rest sounds sick! Really like Fredericks' Harbor and Rain's Fortress too.

Thanks for the quiz :)

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Level 64
Jan 3, 2023
Supersupercool! Das hab ich direkt mal nominiert und fünf Sternchen dagelassen. Da geht aber noch mehr:

Würzburg

Singen

Laufen

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Level 73
Apr 28, 2024
Vergiss Pig Ford (Schweinfurt) nicht. 🐽