This list is a compilation of German toponyms (i.e., names of cities, regions, rivers, mountains and other geographical features situated in a German-speaking area) that have traditional English exonyms. The names of federal states (Bundesländer, q.v.) are not included unless they are coterminous with geographical regions. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bundesland (plural Bundesländer), also known as Land (plural Länder) is the German language name for the federal states of Austria and Germany. ...

Usage notes:

• While in the case of regions, rivers and mountains, English exonyms are the definite choice (not least of all because the features they describe often cross language borders), some lesser-known city exonyms whose difference is merely orthographic and does not affect pronunciation (Cassel, Coblenz) have begun to retreat in favour of the endonymic forms. The media are divided about the use of the English exonyms Basle, Berne, and Zurich. (The Times Style guide encourages the use of Basle and Berne. [1])
• Exonyms that are used exclusively in historical and/or ecclesiastical contexts are marked accordingly (h/e).
• The definite article is given where necessary. Please note that often the article is only correct in one of the two languages (Styria - die Steiermark).

The orthography of a language is the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well as the set of rules describing how to write these glyphs correctly, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. ... Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a language is usually spoken; the manner in which someone utters a word. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... Style guides generally give guidance on language use. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ...

B

• Basle - Basel
• Baltic Sea, the - die Ostsee ('the Eastern Sea')
• Bavaria - Bayern
• Berne - Bern
• Black Forest, the - der Schwarzwald
• Brunswick - Braunschweig

Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , from the Celtic Berna Gap, referring to the geology of where the city is situated), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... Braunschweig (English Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

C

• Carinthia - Kärnten
• Cassel - Kassel
• Cleves - Kleve
• Coblenz - Koblenz
• Cologne - Köln
• Constance - Konstanz
• Constance, Lake - der Bodensee

Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian KoroÅ¡ka) is a Austrian state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ... Map of Germany showing Kassel Watershed of the river Weser Kassel [ˈkasl̩] (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city in central Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Cleves Cleves (in German Kleve, sometimes used in English as well; Dutch: Kleef) is a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, near the Dutch border and the river Rhine, at 51°47′N 6°11′E. Population: 49,398 (2002), Area... This article is about the German city Koblenz. ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (help· info) [kÅ“ln]; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ...

D

• Danube, the - die Donau

The Danube (German: , Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: , Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian: Дунав, Romanian: , Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ...

F

• Franconia - Franken
• Frisia - Friesland

The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... Satellite view of the German Bight (the Frisian Coast). ...

G

• Germany - Deutschland

H

• Hamelin - Hameln
• Hanover - Hannover
• Heligoland - Helgoland
• Hesse - Hessen

Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Birdseye view, Helgoland, Germany, ca. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ...

L

• Lower Saxony - Niedersachsen
• Lucerne - Luzern
• Lucerne, Lake of - der Vierwaldstätter See
• Lusatia - die Lausitz

With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ... Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee, lit. ... Lusatia (German Lausitz, Upper Sorbian Łužica, Lower Sorbian Łužyca, Polish Łużyce, Czech Lužice, sometimes called Sorbia, is a historical region between Bóbr-Kwisa rivers and Elbe river in northeastern Germany (states of Saxony and Brandenburg), south-western Poland (voivodship of Lower Silesia and northern Czech...

M

• Moselle, the - die Mosel
• Munich - München

Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...

N

• Nuremberg - Nürnberg

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P

• Palatinate, the - die Pfalz
• Pomerania - Pommern

A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... Historic Western Pomerania (outlined in yellow) Pomerania (Polish: , German: , Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder...

R

• Ratisbon - Regensburg ^h/e
• Rhine, the - der Rhein
• Rhineland, the - das Rheinland
• Ruhr, the - (area:) das Ruhrgebiet ; (river:) die Ruhr

Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ... For the conurbation see Ruhr Area. ...

S

• Saxony - Sachsen
• Spires - Speyer ^h/e
• Styria - die Steiermark
• Swabia - Schwaben

The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ... Styria (die Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria. ... Swabia (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both a historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany. ...

T

• Thuringia - Thüringen
• Tyrol - Tirol

The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ...

V

• Vienna - Wien

Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

W

• Westphalia - Westfalen

Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ...

Z

• Zurich - Zürich