Beograd

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Бе̏оград (Bȅograd), from Ekavian Serbo-Croatian бе̏о (“white”) + гра̑д (“city”). Doublet of Belgrade, Berat, and Belgorod.

Proper noun

Beograd

1. Synonym of Belgrade, The capital of Serbia.

Anagrams

• Bargoed, beardog, bodrage, bordage

Danish

Proper noun

Beograd

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Beograd, historical Norwegian spelling is Belgrad.

Proper noun

Beograd

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Beograd.

Proper noun

Beograd

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Composed of Ekavian Serbo-Croatian bȅo (“white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and grȃd (“city”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). The city is named after the white wall of the fortress that enclosed the city.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêoɡrad/
• IPA^(key): /beǒɡrad/
• Hyphenation: Be‧o‧grad

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Proper noun

Bȅograd or Beògrad m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏оград or Бео̀град)

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Declension

Declension of Beograd

	singular
nominative	Beograd
genitive	Beograda
dative	Beogradu
accusative	Beograd
vocative	Beograde
locative	Beogradu
instrumental	Beogradom

References

• “Beograd”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Bȅograd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /béːɔɡrat/

Proper noun

Bẹ̑ograd m inan

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Béograd
genitive	Béograda
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Béograd
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Béograda
dative (dajȃlnik)	Béogradu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Béograd
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Béogradu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Béogradom

Related terms

• Béograjčan / Béograjčanka
• béograjski