Bismarck

From German Bismarck.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪzmɑɹk/

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Bismarck

1. A German family name.
2. Otto von Bismarck, one of the prominent German statesmen of the nineteenth century.
3. A major German battleship during World War II (named after the statesman).
4. The capital city of North Dakota, United States and the county seat of Burleigh County.

• Bismarck boobook
• Bismarck herring
• Bismarckian
• Bismarck Range
• Bismarck Sea

Bismarck (plural Bismarcks)

1. An apple cultivar from Australia.
2. Alternative form of bismarck.

Uncertain. Probably from the German town of Bismark, a compound of Biese (name of a nearby river, related to Dutch bies (“bulrush”)) and Mark (“border region”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪsmaʁk/, [ˈbɪsmaɐ̯k]

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die Bismarck f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Bismarck)

1. a German battleship during the Second World War, the sister ship to the Tirpitz

Bismarck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bismarcks or (with an article) Bismarck, feminine genitive Bismarck, plural Bismarcks)

1. a surname

Bismarck m

1. Bismarck

• alla Bismarck
• bismarckiano