Saarbrücken

American

[zahr-brook-uhn, sahr-, zahr-bryk-uhn] / zɑrˈbrʊk ən, sɑr-, zɑrˈbrük ən /

noun

a city in W Germany: the capital of the Saarland.

Saarbrücken British

/ zaːrˈbrykən /

noun

an industrial city in W Germany, capital of Saarland state, on the Saar River. Pop: 181 860 (2003 est)

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Michael Hahn, a linguist based in Saarbrücken, set out to answer that question with Richard Futrell from the University of California, Irvine.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

The property is in Erstroff, a small village less than an hour's drive from the German city of Saarbrücken.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Bayern, the 11-time defending champion, was surprisingly knocked out of the German Cup on Wednesday after losing at third-division Saarbrücken.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who Merkel tried to anoint as her successor, lost her district of Saarbrücken.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2021

They paired off and traveled by train to Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vienna, Freiburg, Saarbrücken, Mannheim, and Karlsruhe, where they mailed the leaflets from undisclosed locations.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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