Godesberg

[ goh-des-berk ]

/ ˈgoʊ dɛsˌbɛrk /

noun

a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.

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Official name Bad Godesberg.

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Example sentences from the Web for godesberg

The unfortunate youth had rashly contrived this hellish plan to rid himself of his brother and to become lord of Godesberg.
Legends of the Rhine|Wilhelm Ruland
He had purchased an estate in Godesberg, near Bonn, and removed thither in 1824.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Ludwig knew at once, by the sinople reversed and the truncated gules on his surcoat, that it was Sir Gottfried of Godesberg.
Burlesques|William Makepeace Thackeray
The Rhine here runs between the Godesberg on the one side and the Drachenfels on the other.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)|Edmund Downey

In those days one small inn (now they can be counted by the dozen) stood on the margin of the large forest of Godesberg.
Legends of the Rhine|Wilhelm Ruland

British Dictionary definitions for godesberg

Godesberg

/ (German ˈɡoːdəsbɛrk) /

noun

a town and spa in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine: a SE suburb of BonnOfficial name: Bad Godesberg

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