Mannheim

[man-hahym, mahn-hahym]

noun

1. Karl 1893–1947, German sociologist.

2. a city in SW Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.

Mannheim

¹

/ ˈmanhaim, ˈmænhaɪm /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar: one of Europe's largest inland harbours; a cultural and musical centre. Pop: 308 353 (2003 est)

Mannheim

²

/ ˈmanhaɪm /

noun

1. Karl (karl). 1893–1947, Hungarian sociologist, living in Britain from 1933: author of Ideology and Utopia (1929) and Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction (1941)

Example Sentences

A 40-year-old German man went on trial on Friday accused of having ploughed his car through a busy pedestrian zone in the southwestern city of Mannheim, killing two and injuring several more.

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The findings come from an international research team led by the University of Potsdam and the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim in collaboration with the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie, and were recently published in Current Biology.

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In the space of a year, German cities saw a string of deadly attacks, which began in Mannheim in May 2024, when an Afghan national stabbed a police officer at a rally.

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There was a parade through the Mannheim city centre on Sunday, with major events scheduled for Tuesday.

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Merz, whose Christian Democrats lead the opinion polls ahead of 23 February federal elections, refused to accept that attacks in Mannheim last May, Solingen in August and Magdeburg last month, would be "the new normal".

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