Berlin is an English word with synonyms like songwriter or songster. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Berlin in a sentence
Related words
Berlin meaning
- The capital and largest city of Germany.
- The German government.
- A state of Germany containing the capital city.
Synonyms of Berlin
Using Berlin
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital and largest city of Germany. | The German government. | A state of Germany containing the capital city.
- Useful related words include: german capital, national capital, irving berlin, israel baline.
- In the example corpus, berlin often appears in combinations such as: west berlin, in berlin, the berlin.
Context around Berlin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Berlin
- In this selection, "berlin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, west, east, hofbraeu, wall, germany and marathon stand out and add context to how "berlin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2023 bmw berlin marathon on, 2024 in berlin germany, west berlin, east berlin and berlin wall. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "berlin" sits close to words such as et, presents and cream, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with berlin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The British Garrison Berlin 1945–1994 "No where to go" Berlin: Vergangenheits/Berlin. (13 words)
The Berlin Marathon is a running event held annually on the last weekend of September in Berlin, Germany. (18 words)
In a report, Berlin State Museums said experts could "only speculate" as to how the sword ended up in Berlin. (20 words)
On the sealing off of West Berlin from East Berlin by the Berlin Wall the entrances of the stations on these lines located in East Berlin were shut, however, western trains were allowed to continue to pass through without stopping. (40 words)
Having scored a hat-trick against Union Berlin, as well as against a double of Schalke and Stuttgart, Vincenzo delivered one accurate blow to the gates of Augsburg, the Stuttgart Swabians, Bochum, Werder, Leverkusen Bayer and Hertha from Berlin. (39 words)
Another form of traffic between East and West Berlin was the transfer of West Berlin's sewage into East Berlin and East Germany through the sewer pipes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
On the sealing off of West Berlin from East Berlin by the Berlin Wall the entrances of the stations on these lines located in East Berlin were shut, however, western trains were allowed to continue to pass through without stopping.
Homeless man Kaspars Breidaks from Latvia poses for a portrait during an interview with the Associated Press in guest room of Berlin's biggest restaurant Hofbraeu Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.
After the Berlin Blockade transit trains (German Transitzüge main) would leave and enter West Berlin only via one line through Berlin-Wannsee railway station (W) and Potsdam Griebnitzsee railway station (E).
Another form of traffic between East and West Berlin was the transfer of West Berlin's sewage into East Berlin and East Germany through the sewer pipes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 1709, Berlin merged with the four cities of Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt under the name Berlin, "Haupt- und Residenzstadt Berlin".
On 28 August 1951, trains usually serving Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof were redirected to stations in East Berlin, while trains from West Germany were redirected to the Western Berlin Zoologischer Garten.
The British Garrison Berlin 1945–1994 "No where to go" Berlin: Vergangenheits/Berlin.
The lines were separated and those mostly located in West Berlin were continued, but only accessible from West Berlin with all access in East Berlin closed.
This circular line connected all train routes heading for West Berlin and accommodated all domestic GDR traffic, thus directing railway traffic into East Berlin while by-passing West Berlin.
To stop this drain of people defecting, the East German government built the Berlin Wall, thus physically closing off West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany, on 13 August 1961.
Travellers from East Germany were checked before entering any part of Berlin, to identify individuals intending to escape into West Berlin or smuggling rationed or rare goods into West Berlin.
Travelling to and from West Berlin by road or train always required passing through East German border checks, since West Berlin was an enclave surrounded by East Germany and East Berlin.
Virtually every road that was severed by the Berlin Wall (that links from West Berlin to East Berlin) was reconstructed and reopened by 1 August 1990.
Having scored a hat-trick against Union Berlin, as well as against a double of Schalke and Stuttgart, Vincenzo delivered one accurate blow to the gates of Augsburg, the Stuttgart Swabians, Bochum, Werder, Leverkusen Bayer and Hertha from Berlin.
The Berlin Marathon is a running event held annually on the last weekend of September in Berlin, Germany.
Tigist Assefa from Ethiopia wins the race with the new women's world record of two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds during the 2023 BMW Berlin-Marathon on Saturday in Berlin.
When we first wrote that song and it finished it, it was like, okay, that’s what Berlin is, because didn’t know yet what Berlin is.
After the blowup around the revoked literature prize for Adania Shibli, the Berlin-based Palestinian writer, she decided to publish in the Berlin Review, a new cultural publication.
In a report, Berlin State Museums said experts could "only speculate" as to how the sword ended up in Berlin.
Lupita Nyong'o photographed on the red carpet of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on February 24, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
Phrases with berlin
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with berlin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- west berlin 45×
- in berlin 45×
- the berlin 29×
- east berlin 27×
- berlin and 22×
- of berlin 17×
- berlin wall 15×
- berlin in 13×
- berlin germany 12×
- to berlin 9×