Berolinismus

German

Etymology

Latin Berolinum (“Berlin”) +‎ -ismus

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beʁoliˈnɪsmʊs/
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Noun

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  1. Berlinism (expression in the Berlin vernacular)
    Synonym: Berlinismus
    • 1896, Theodor Fontane, chapter 4, in Effi Briest‎, Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
      Innstetten, unbestritten, ist ein famoses Menschenexemplar, Mann von Charakter und Schneid, aber die Briests—verzeih den Berolinismus, Luise—, die Briests sind schließlich auch nicht von schlechten Eltern.
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Declension

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