Meanings
- The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.First known use 1735
- A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States, including:
- A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
- A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee.
- metonymicallyhistoryThe Bombing of Dresden.
The actual total hardly matters: if Dresden was indeed a war crime, just one death would make it so.
2001 July 23, Robin Neillands, The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 3581 more example
‘Father, you saw the papers, when Dresden happened. You see the papers today. People are seeing the cost of this, truly. Now that we know the consequences, countries will not use it.’
2017, John Theobald, A Kingdom Falls, Head of Zeus Ltd., →ISBN, page 314
- uncountableA variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.
Synonyms: Dresdenware, Meissenware
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*dręzga
- Sorbian
- Middle High GermanDresden
- GermanDresden“Dresden”
- EnglishDresden
Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.
More words from German, Middle High German, Sorbian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دْرِيسْدِن
- دْرِيسْدِن (drīsdin)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Bengali ড্রেসডেন
- ড্রেসডেন (ḍresḍen)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Bulgarian Дрезден
- Дрезден (Drezden)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Chinese Mandarin 德累斯頓 /德累斯顿
- 德累斯頓 /德累斯顿 (Déléisīdùn)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Czech Drážďany, drážďanský
- Drážďanycapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- drážďanskýattributive form - relating to Dresden
Danish Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Dutch Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Esperanto Dresdeno
- Dresdenocapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Estonian Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Finnish Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
French Dresde, dresdois
- Dresdecapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- dresdoisattributive form - relating to Dresden
German Dresden, dresdenerisch
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- dresdenerischattributive form - relating to Dresden
- dresdnerischattributive form - relating to Dresden
Greek Δρέσδη
- Δρέσδη (Drésdi)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Hindi ड्रेसडेन
- ड्रेसडेन (ḍresḍen)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Hungarian Drezda
- Drezdacapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Italian Dresda
- Dresdacapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Japanese ドレスデン
- ドレスデン (Doresuden)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Korean 드레스덴
- 드레스덴 (Deureseuden)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Latin Dresda
- Dresdacapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Latvian Drēzdene
- Drēzdenecapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Lithuanian Dresdenas
- Dresdenascapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Norwegian Bokmål Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Polish Drezno, drezdeński
- Dreznocapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- drezdeńskiattributive form - relating to Dresden
Portuguese Dresden, Dresdem
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- Dresdemcapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- Dresdacapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Romanian Dresda
- Dresdacapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Russian Дре́зден, дре́зденский
- Дре́зден (Drɛ́zden)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- дре́зденский (drézdenskij)attributive form - relating to Dresden
Slovak Drážďany, drážďanský
- Drážďanycapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- drážďanskýattributive form - relating to Dresden
Spanish Dresde
- Dresdecapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Swedish Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Thai เดรสเดิน
- เดรสเดิน (drèes-dəən)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Turkish Dresden
- Dresdencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Ukrainian Дрезден, дре́зденський
- Дрезден (Drezden)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
- дре́зденський (drézdensʹkyj)attributive form - relating to Dresden
Vietnamese Đrét-xđen
- Đrét-xđencapital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Yiddish דרעזדן
- דרעזדן (drezdn)capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
Cite this entry
Dresden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dresden
“Dresden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dresden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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