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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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“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

Their opponents in Saturday's final were third-tier Arminia Bielefeld.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

A study by Bielefeld University found that a third of Germans believed their family members helped save Jews during the Holocaust.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

She is researcher at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and was a postdoctoral fellow at Bielefeld.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

After some little time their van approached a ridge of high wooded ground, which is one of the offshoots of the great Hercynian forest, and is situated between the modern villages of Driburg and Bielefeld.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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