Bismarck

American  

[biz-mahrk, bis-mahrk] / ˈbɪz mɑrk, ˈbɪs mɑrk /

noun

1. Otto von 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.

2. a city in and the capital of North Dakota, in the central part.

3. (often lowercase)

   1. Chiefly Northern U.S. a jelly doughnut.

   2. Chiefly Midland U.S. a fried cruller.

---

Bismarck ¹ British  

/ ˈbɪzmɑːk /

noun

1. a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)

---

Bismarck ² British  

/ ˈbɪsmark /

noun

1. Prince Otto ( Eduard Leopold ) von (ˈɔto fɔn), called the Iron Chancellor . 1815–98, German statesman; prime minister of Prussia (1862–90). Under his leadership Prussia defeated Austria and France, and Germany was united. In 1871 he became the first chancellor of the German Reich

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Bismarck

The capital of North Dakota, Bismarck, and Glacier National Park in Montana would see a sunrise of 9:28 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bismarck Valerino, a Cuban doctor in Venezuela, says he was paid about $250 monthly after arriving in Venezuela in 2008, more than the $25 a month he made back on the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

To conduct the study, researchers sequenced the genomes of 177 people from 12 populations across Near Oceania, the southwestern Pacific region that includes Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

Appeared in the April 4, 2026, print edition as 'Trump and Bismarck in the Same Sentence'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

But peoples of New Guinea’s north and east coasts, and of the Bismarck and Solomon Archipelagoes north and east of New Guinea, present a more complex picture.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond