Erfurt

[ er-foort ]

/ ˈɛr fʊərt /

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noun

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

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How to use Erfurt in a sentence

I shall never forget a picture of the morning I breakfasted at six o'clock in Erfurt.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Another dangerous element in the affairs of Erfurt was that contained in the additional provocation given to Prussia and Austria.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
But there was another incident at Erfurt more pregnant of ultimate changes than any of these.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
At Erfurt the same vacillation overmastered Napoleon (p. 181) as that with which he had been tormented since Tilsit.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

In 1501 he was sent to the university of Erfurt, where he went through the usual courses of logic and philosophy.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe

British Dictionary definitions for Erfurt

Erfurt

/ (German ˈɛrfʊrt) /

noun

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

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