# Berlin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bəˈlɪn/ · frequency rank #3,741

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of Germany.
2. The German government.
3. A state of Germany containing the capital city.
4. A surname from German.
5. A female given name from German.
6. A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
7. The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
8. A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
9. A small town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
10. A place in the United States.
11. A place in the United States.
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35. A place in the United States.
36. A place in the United States.
37. Ellipsis of Berlin Township.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Berlin.

## Easily confused with
- **Bern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-bern)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-brin)
- **brain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-brain)
- **Bernie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-bernie)
- **Bertie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-bertie)
- **Birkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-birkin)
- **Berliner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berlin-vs-berliner)
- **bein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bein-vs-berlin)
- **begin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begin-vs-berlin)
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-berlin)
- **bergen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bergen-vs-berlin)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bering-vs-berlin)
- **Bellini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bellini-vs-berlin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bberlin`, `belrin`, `beriln`, `berlinn`, `berllin`, `berlni`, `berrlin`, `brelin`, `ebrlin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/berlin