Lenné Triangle

proper noun

The gore delineated by the Bellevue-, Ebert-, and Lennéstraßen which, between 1961 and 1988, was part of the German Democratic Republic de jure, but was separated from it by the Berlin Wall, which ran along the Ebertstraße.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Lenné Triangle

alternative Lenné-Triangle · alternative Lenné triangle · alternative Lenné-triangle

  1. historyThe gore delineated by the Bellevue-, Ebert-, and Lennéstraßen which, between 1961 and 1988, was part of the German Democratic Republic de jure, but was separated from it by the Berlin Wall, which ran along the Ebertstraße.

Origin

Partial calque of German Lenné-Dreieck: Dreieck → triangle.

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Translations

German Lenné-Dreieck
  • Lenné-DreieckEast German gore cut off from the rest of the GDR by the Berlin Wall
Russian треуго́льник Ленне́
  • треуго́льник Ленне́ (treugólʹnik Lenné)East German gore cut off from the rest of the GDR by the Berlin Wall
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APA

Lenné Triangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lenn%C3%A9%20Triangle

MLA

“Lenné Triangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lenn%C3%A9%20Triangle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lenné Triangle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lenn%C3%A9%20Triangle.

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