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Bielefeld

American  
[bee-luh-felt] / ˈbi ləˌfɛlt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Germany.


Bielefeld British  
/ ˈbiːləfɛlt /

noun

  1. a city in Germany, in NE North Rhine-Westphalia: food, textiles. Pop: 328 452 (2003 est)

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Additionally, 38.1% of respondents said it was time to “close the book on the era of National Socialism,” according to a study published last year by Bielefeld University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In 2024-25, Arminia Bielefeld, then a third-division side, reached the final having knocked out four Bundesliga sides at home.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

“There is no such thing as foreigners transferring wealth to the U.S. in the form of tariffs,” said Julian Hinz, an economics professor at Germany’s Bielefeld University who co-authored the study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

To solve this problem, Gurian and his co-author Simon May, a former Perimeter postdoctoral researcher now serving as an ERC Preparative Fellow at Bielefeld University, developed a new code called KISS-SIDM.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

S.W. from Bielefeld by the railway to Dortmund.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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