Wuppertal

American  

[voop-er-tahl] / ˈvʊp ərˌtɑl /

noun

1. a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, in the Ruhr Valley: formed by the union of Barmen, Elberfeld, and smaller communities 1929.

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Wuppertal British  

/ ˈvʊpərtaːl /

noun

1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia state on the Wupper River (a Rhine tributary): formed in 1929 from the amalgamation of the towns of Barmen and Elberfeld and other smaller towns; textile centre. Pop: 362 137 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

TYKWER: I remember we were already shooting “The Princess and the Warrior,” and we were in a hotel in Wuppertal, Germany, and sleeping and the reception calls and says, “I have Dustin Hoffman on the phone.”

From Seattle Times

Five students are said to have been wounded in an apparent knife attack in the western German city of Wuppertal.

From BBC

The first great contemporary 3-D film I ever saw was “Pina,” Wim Wenders’s 2011 tribute to the German choreographer Pina Bausch, with her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, as its cast.

From New York Times

Yousef Wynne, 39, of Wuppertal Court, Jarrow, was remanded in custody and is due to appear before South Tyneside magistrates on Monday.

From BBC

There is plenty of fascinating movement in Boris Charmatz’s first new work, “Liberté Cathédrale,” for the Tanztheater Wuppertal in Germany, which opened on Friday night at the spectacular Mariendom church in Neviges, a 20-minute drive from Wuppertal.

From New York Times