Siegen

American  

[zee-guhn] / ˈzi gən /

noun

1. a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W Germany, on the Sieg River.

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Siegen British  

/ ˈsiːɡən /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre; birthplace of Rubens. Pop: 107 768 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Last summer, Göttingen in Lower Saxony and Siegen in North Rhine Westphalia allowed women to swim topless.

From BBC

Rubens was born in the predominantly Protestant town of Siegen, east of Cologne, Germany, one of several children of Maria Pypelinckx and Jan Rubens, a city official.

From Los Angeles Times

One option is to turn urban areas into “sponge cities,” where sealed surfaces like sidewalks or rooftops are covered with greenery that helps absorb rainwater, said Lamia Messari-Becker, a civil engineering professor at the University of Siegen in Germany and adviser to the German government.

From Washington Post

Lamia Messari-Becker, professor of civil engineering at the University of Siegen and an adviser to the German government on sustainable urban development, agrees, saying digital flood alarms for at-risk properties should be as common as smoke detectors.

From BBC

“We have an exceptional situation,” said Isabelle Borucki, a political science professor who teaches at the University of Siegen.

From Washington Post