Wilhelmstrasse
/ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/US/ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/
Wilhelmstrasse proper noun: a thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
Proper noun
Wilhelmstrasse
- A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
- The German government or Foreign Office.
- The immediate effect, however, was that all the ingenious calculations of the Wilhelmstrasse came clattering to the ground like a house of cards.1911, The Fortnightly Review, volume 96, page 638
- As von Neurath once told an Austrian diplomat: “It was the view of the Wilhelmstrasse that as soon as the Reich held Austria, Hungary would eat out of its hand.”1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 139
Origin of Wilhelmstrasse
Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).
Questions about Wilhelmstrasse
- What does Wilhelmstrasse mean?
- Wilhelmstrasse means a thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
- What part of speech is Wilhelmstrasse?
- Wilhelmstrasse is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Wilhelmstrasse?
- Wilhelmstrasse is pronounced /ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ (US).
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