Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karl-marx-stadt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: kar-l--marx-s-tadt
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.

Etymology

From Karl Marx + German Stadt.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Stadt

Questions

What does karl-marx-stadt mean?: Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.
Where does karl-marx-stadt come from?: It is traced to German.

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