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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.


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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Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Friday by research group Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, fell to minus 29.6 in its forecast for August, from minus 29.3 in July.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Thursday by research group Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, rose to minus 29.2 in its forecast for July, from minus 29.7 for June.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

As I wrote at the time, it was a 7.8 on the Nuremberg scale.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

The houses of the old town—the side away from us—are all red-roofed, and seem piled up one over the other anyhow, like the pictures we see of Nuremberg.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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