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Berlin Wall

/bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl//bɝˈlɪn wɔl/

Berlin Wall proper noun: a wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

berlin wall: a wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to...
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Proper noun

the Berlin Wall

  1. A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

Noun

Berlin Wall (plural Berlin Walls)

  1. Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States.
  2. The Berlin Defence.

Berlin Wall meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Berlin Wall in Hindi

wall that parted Berlin
बर्लिन की दीवार barlin kī dīvār

Berlin Wall in Tamil

wall that parted Berlin
பெர்லின் சுவர் perliṉ cuvar

Berlin Wall in Marathi

wall that parted Berlin
बर्लिनची भिंत barlincī bhinta

Berlin Wall in Urdu

wall that parted Berlin
دیوار برلن dīvār barlin
More languagesFewer languages
Berlin Wall in Bengali
বার্লিন প্রাচীর barlin pracir
Berlin Wall in Telugu
బెర్లిన్ గోడ berlin gōḍa
Berlin Wall in Malayalam
ബെർലിൻ മതിൽ beṟliṉ matil
Berlin Wall in Kannada
ಬರ್ಲಿನ್ ಗೋಡೆ barlin gōḍe
Berlin Wall in Punjabi
ਬਰਲਿਨ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ barlin dī kandh
Berlin Wall in Sinhala
බර්ලින් තාප්පය barlin tāppaya
Berlin Wall in Nepali
बर्लिन पर्खाल barlina parkhāl
Berlin Wall in Tagalog
Pader ng Berlin
Berlin Wall in Arabic
جِدَار بَرْلِين jidār barlīn
Berlin Wall in Malay
Tembok Berlin
Berlin Wall in Indonesian
Tembok Berlin
Berlin Wall in Persian
دیوار برلین divâr berlin
Berlin Wall in Thai
กำแพงเบอร์ลิน gam-peeng bəə-lin
Berlin Wall in Vietnamese
Bức tường Berlin
Berlin Wall in Myanmar
ဘာလင် တံတိုင်း bhalang tamtuing:

Forms of Berlin Wall

pluralBerlin Walls

Questions about Berlin Wall

What does Berlin Wall mean?
Berlin Wall means a wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
What is Berlin Wall in Hindi?
Berlin Wall in Hindi is बर्लिन की दीवार (barlin kī dīvār). See Berlin Wall meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Berlin Wall?
Berlin Wall can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Berlin Wall?
Berlin Wall is pronounced /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/ (UK).

Words near Berlin Wall in the dictionary

  1. Berlin School
  2. Berlin shop
  3. Berlin shops
  4. Berlin Time
  5. Berlin Township
  6. Berlin Wall
  7. Berlin Walls
  8. Berlin white
  9. Berlin work
  10. Berlin worsted
  11. berline

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Berlin Wall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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