Gothenburg

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UK/ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/US/ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ/

proper noun

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

OriginSwedish Göteborg ← German Gothenburg →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Goteborg

  1. A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

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    2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh
  2. A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States, originally settled by Swedish people.

Origin

  1. GermanGothenburg
  2. SwedishGöteborg
  3. EnglishGothenburg

Ultimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).

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Translations

Afrikaans Gotenburg
  • Gotenburgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Arabic غُوتِنْبُرْغ
  • غُوتِنْبُرْغ (ḡūtinburḡ)city on the west coast of Sweden
Bulgarian Гьотеборг
  • Гьотеборг (Gjoteborg)city on the west coast of Sweden
Chinese Cantonese 哥德堡
  • 哥德堡 (go¹ dak¹ bou²)city on the west coast of Sweden
Chinese Mandarin 哥德堡
  • 哥德堡 (Gēdébǎo)city on the west coast of Sweden
Czech Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Danish Gøteborg
  • Gøteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Dutch Göteborg, Gotenburg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gotenburgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Esperanto Gotenburgo
  • Gotenburgocity on the west coast of Sweden
Estonian Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Finnish Göteborg, Göötepori
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gööteporicity on the west coast of Sweden
French Göteborg, Gothembourg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gothembourgcity on the west coast of Sweden
German Göteborg, Gotenburg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gotenburgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gothenburgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Greek Γκέτεμποργκ
  • Γκέτεμποργκ (Gkétemporgk)city on the west coast of Sweden
Hebrew גוטנבורג, גטבורג
  • גוטנבורגcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • גטבורגcity on the west coast of Sweden
Hindi गोथनबर्ग, गोथेनबर्ग
  • गोथनबर्ग (gothanbarg)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • गोथेनबर्ग (gothenbarg)city on the west coast of Sweden
Hungarian Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Icelandic Gautaborg
  • Gautaborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Italian Göteborg, Gotemburgo
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gotemburgocity on the west coast of Sweden
Japanese ヨーテボリ, イェーテボリ
  • ヨーテボリ (Yōtebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • イェーテボリ (Yētebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • イェテボリ (Yetebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • イエテボリ (Ietebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • エーテボリ (Ētebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
Korean 예테보리
  • 예테보리 (Yetebori)city on the west coast of Sweden
Latin Gothenburgum, Gothoburgum
  • Gothenburgumcity on the west coast of Sweden
  • Gothoburgumcity on the west coast of Sweden
Latvian Gēteborga
  • Gēteborgacity on the west coast of Sweden
Lithuanian Geteborgas
  • Geteborgascity on the west coast of Sweden
Norwegian Bokmål Gøteborg
  • Gøteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Persian گوتنبورگ
  • گوتنبورگ (gotnborg)city on the west coast of Sweden
Polish Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Portuguese Gotemburgo
  • Gotemburgocity on the west coast of Sweden
Russian Гётебо́рг
  • Гётебо́рг (Gjotebórg)city on the west coast of Sweden
Spanish Gotemburgo
  • Gotemburgocity on the west coast of Sweden
Swedish Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Thai กอเทนเบิร์ก, เยอเตอบอรย์
  • กอเทนเบิร์ก (gɔɔ-teen-bə̀ək)city on the west coast of Sweden
  • เยอเตอบอรย์ (yəə-dtee-bɔɔ)city on the west coast of Sweden
Turkish Göteborg
  • Göteborgcity on the west coast of Sweden
Yiddish געטעבאָרג
  • געטעבאָרג (geteborg)city on the west coast of Sweden
Cite this entry
APA

Gothenburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothenburg

MLA

“Gothenburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothenburg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gothenburg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gothenburg.

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