Lëtzebuerg
Luxembourg
Usage
The name of both the country and its capital. Signs and maps show French "Luxembourg" (the city also "Luxembourg-Ville") and German "Luxemburg"
Grammar Note
Proper noun. Name of the country; the same spelling names the capital.
Flughafe Lëtzebuerg
Luxembourg Airport
Usage
The international airport north-east of the city, also called Findel after its location. Signs read "Luxembourg Airport" or "Aéroport"
Grammar Note
Flughafe is the n-rule form of the masculine noun Flughafen (plural Flughäfen); Fluchhafen is a variant spelling. Findel is the place name.
Gare Lëtzebuerg
Luxembourg Central Station
Usage
The main railway station of the capital. Signs and the tram stop use French "Gare Centrale"; the district around it is also called Gare
Grammar Note
Feminine noun Gare (plural Garen); station names follow the pattern "Gare + place".
Veianen
Vianden
Usage
A small town on the river Our in the north-east, known for its hilltop castle
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Iechternach
Echternach
Usage
An old town in the east near the German border, known for its abbey and the dancing procession on Whit Tuesday
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Dikrech
Diekirch
Usage
A town on the river Sauer in the north, also known for its brewery
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Diddeleng
Dudelange
Usage
A town in the south, close to the French border
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Esch-Uelzecht
Esch-sur-Alzette
Usage
The second-largest city, in the south-west; in everyday speech often just "Esch"
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). Uelzecht is the river name (French Alzette).
Belval
Usage
A district of Esch on a redeveloped former steelworks site, with the university and the Rockhal concert hall
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; the sign spelling is the same or almost the same.
Gréiwemaacher
Grevenmacher
Usage
A town on the Moselle in the east, one of the centres of the wine region
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Réimech
Remich
Usage
A town on the Moselle in the wine region, with a riverside promenade
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Munneref
Mondorf-les-Bains
Usage
A spa town in the south-east near the French border, known for its thermal baths
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Wolz
Wiltz
Usage
A town in the northern Ardennes with a castle, hosting an open-air festival in summer
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Clierf
Clervaux
Usage
A town in the north; its hilltop castle houses the permanent photography exhibition "The Family of Man"
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Fiels
Larochette
Usage
A town at the gateway to the Mullerthal with castle ruins on a rock
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). Fiels also means rock as a common noun.
Beefort
Beaufort
Usage
A village in the Mullerthal region, known for its castle ruins
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Huelmes
Hollenfels
Usage
A small village in the west with a castle
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Bäerdref
Berdorf
Usage
A village in the Mullerthal, a base for hiking among the rocks
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Mëllerdall
Mullerthal
Usage
A valley region in the east known for sandstone rocks and hiking trails, also called "Little Switzerland"
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Musel
Moselle
Usage
The river along the eastern border; its banks are a wine region
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). A river name, also used for the region; German Mosel.
Schengen
Usage
A village on the Moselle in the south-east, known as the place where the Schengen Agreement on open borders was signed
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; the sign spelling is the same or almost the same.
Kierchbierg
Kirchberg
Usage
A district on a plateau north-east of the old town with European institutions, the Philharmonie and Mudam
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; the sign spelling is the same or almost the same.
Clausen
Usage
A district in the valley of the capital with bars and restaurants
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; the sign spelling is the same or almost the same.
Pafendall
Pfaffenthal
Usage
A district in the valley of the capital
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Gronn
Grund
Usage
The old lower quarter of the capital in the Alzette valley; signs read "Grund", with many bars and restaurants
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). Street signs read Grund.
Bouneweg
Bonnevoie
Usage
A district of the capital south of the central station
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Waasserbëlleg
Wasserbillig
Usage
A border town in the east, close to Trier in Germany
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Esch-Sauer
Esch-sur-Sûre
Usage
A small town in the north-west in a loop of the river Sauer, with castle ruins
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). Not to be confused with Esch-Uelzecht; Sauer is the river (French Sûre).
Stauséi
Upper Sûre Lake
Usage
A reservoir lake in the north-west, popular for water sports and hiking
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). As a common noun Stauséi means reservoir.
Rëmeleng
Rumelange
Usage
A town in the south whose former iron mine is now the national mining museum
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Ettelbréck
Ettelbruck
Usage
A town in the north that is a rail and bus hub
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; signs and maps use the French name.
Mamer
Usage
A town just west of the capital; Mamer is also the name of a river
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The Luxembourgish name; the sign spelling is the same or almost the same.
Kasematten
Bock Casemates
Usage
Defensive tunnels dug into the rock beneath the old town of the capital, open to visitors; the old town and its fortifications are a World Heritage Site
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). The sign reads Casemates du Bock.
Bockfiels
Bock rock
Usage
The rocky promontory on which the old town stands; it overlooks the Grund below
Grammar Note
Masculine noun. Compound of Bock and Fiels (rock).
Gëlle Fra
Golden Lady
Usage
The golden memorial on Place de la Constitution; signs and guides use French "Monument du Souvenir"
Grammar Note
The adjective gëllen takes the form Gëlle before the feminine noun Fra. A popular name.
Kathedral Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Usage
The cathedral in the old town of the capital; signs read "Cathédrale Notre-Dame"
Grammar Note
Feminine noun Kathedral (plural Kathedralen); the second half of the name stays French.
Philharmonie
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Usage
The concert hall in the Kirchberg district; signs read "Philharmonie Luxembourg"
Grammar Note
Feminine noun (plural Philharmonien). The feminine noun Philharmonie is also used as the name of the hall.
Mudam
Usage
The modern art museum in the Kirchberg district; signs read "Mudam Luxembourg"
Grammar Note
Proper noun (place name). Proper noun, short for the French Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean.
Plëss
Place d'Armes
Usage
A square in the old town of the capital with cafe terraces in summer; signs read "Place d'Armes"
Grammar Note
Feminine noun. The spoken name of the square.
Knuedler
Place Guillaume II
Usage
A square in the old town of the capital used for markets and concerts; signs read "Place Guillaume II"
Grammar Note
Masculine noun. The spoken name of the square.
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