Meanings
proper noun
- A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.
Lübeck alone has lost 12,000 laboring jobs in the past 15 years, many in the shipbuilding industry.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 621
Translations
Bulgarian Лю́бек
- Лю́бек (Ljúbek)city
Chinese Cantonese 呂貝克 /吕贝克
- 呂貝克 /吕贝克 (Leoi⁵ bui³ haak¹)city
Chinese Mandarin 呂貝克 /吕贝克, 呂北克 /吕北克
- 呂貝克 /吕贝克 (Lǚbèikè)city
- 呂北克 /吕北克 (Lǚběikè)city
Dutch Lübeck
- Lübeckcity
Finnish Lyypekki
- Lyypekkicity
French Lübeck
- Lübeckcity
German Lübeck
- Lübeckcity
Hindi लूबेक
- लूबेक (lūbek)city
Italian Lubecca
- Lubeccacity
Latin Lubeca
- Lubecacity
Polish Lubeka
- Lubekacity
Russian Лю́бек
- Лю́бек (Ljúbek)city
Swedish Lybeck
- Lybeckcity
Cite this entry
APA
Lübeck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCbeck
MLA
“Lübeck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCbeck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lübeck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCbeck.
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