Nuremberg

American  

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

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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Example Sentences

The so-called Nuremberg Drawing of 1300 shows on one side an abandoned design for the tower of the Freiburg Minster and on the other the plan and elevation of three Gothic churches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Yet the Nuremberg Tribunal is now generally seen as a remarkably fair execution of justice given the unprecedented circumstances, and a foundation for international criminal law.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Monday by research group the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, fell to minus 33.3 in its forecast for May, from minus 28.1 for April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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

Now he hoped that in the fall she would produce a more ambitious film about the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown