Erfurt

[er-foort]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.

Erfurt

/ ˈɛrfʊrt /

noun

1. an industrial city in central Germany, the capital of Thuringia: university (1392). Pop: 201 645 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Historians are now looking for the site in Erfurt where the sausage stand once stood.

From BBC

In Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, I meet Sultana, as she organises a protest against the far right.

From BBC

On Saturday, thousands of protesters rallied in Thuringia's regional capital, Erfurt, denouncing the anti-immigrant AfD as fascists.

From BBC

Höcke has led AfD’s regional branch in Thuringia since 2013, the year the party was founded, and its group in the state legislature in Erfurt since it first won seats there in 2014.

From Seattle Times

One of the great revelations of “Multiple Realities” is Gabriele Stötzer, a photographer and performance artist who worked fearlessly in Erfurt and East Berlin: shooting punk movies on her Super 8 camera, running an illegal alternative gallery, circulating her art through the mail, and spending a year in prison after she protested the ruling party’s decision to strip a singer-songwriter of his citizenship.

From New York Times