Etymology

Wilhelmstrasse

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Today it means: A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office. Full definition →

German Wilhelmstraße
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  1. German · borrowed fromWilhelmstraße
  2. English todayWilhelmstrasse

Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).

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