Nuremberg

American  

[noor-uhm-burg, nyoor-] / ˈnʊər əmˌbɜrg, ˈnjʊər- /

noun

1. a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.

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Nuremberg British  

/ ˈnjʊərəmˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. German name: Nürnberg.  a city in S Germany, in N Bavaria: scene of annual Nazi rallies (1933–38), the anti-Semitic Nuremberg decrees (1935), and the trials of Nazi leaders for their war crimes (1945–46); important metalworking and electrical industries. Pop: 493 553 (2003 est)

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Nuremberg

It’s heir to the Nuremberg tribunals and special courts established to prosecute crimes from the Balkan wars, the Rwandan genocide and other conflicts of the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Research group GfK said its consumer-confidence barometer, published Friday with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions, rose 6 points to minus 17 in July—the largest increase in sentiment since November 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

But that was without a doubt one of the most traumatic experiences of my career: As I wrote at the time, it hit 7.5 on the Nuremberg scale.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Grant shot to fame in 1987's Withnail & I, and has more recently appeared in Saltburn, Nuremberg and The Thursday Murder Club.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

But like the Nuremberg Code and the American Medical Association Code of Ethics, which clearly said that doctors should keep patient information confidential, the Hippocratic Oath wasn’t law.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot