Nuremberg

American

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

noun

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

Nuremberg British

/ ˈnjʊərəmˌbɜːɡ /

noun

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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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

Germany’s consumer-climate index published Thursday by research groups GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions fell to minus 28.0 in its forecast for April from minus 24.8 in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But he tries to keep up with the latest film releases -- historical drama "Nuremberg" and Oscar-nominated "One Battle After Another" were among his most recently watched movies.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Sixteen years earlier, on August 20, 1947, a U.S.- led war tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, had sentenced seven Nazi doctors to death by hanging.

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

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