List of English exonyms for German toponyms

This list is a compilation of German toponyms (i.e., names of cities, regions, rivers, mountains and other geographical features situated in a German-speaking area) that have traditional English exonyms. The names of federal states ("Bundesländer", q.v.) are not included unless they are coterminous with geographical regions.

Usage notes:
* While in the case of regions, rivers and mountains, English exonyms are the definite choice (not least of all because the features they describe often cross language borders), some lesser-known city exonyms whose difference is merely orthographic and does not affect pronunciation ("Cassel", "Coblenz") have begun to retreat in favour of the forms. The media are divided about the use of the English exonyms "Basle", "Berne", and "Zurich". ("The Times Style guide" encourages the continued use of Basle and Berne. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2941-562,00.html] ) Usage may also depend on context; the spelling "Kleve" could be used in a news story about an incident in that city, but the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England is always referred to in English as Anne of "Cleves", never Anne of "Kleve".
* Exonyms that are used exclusively in historical and/or ecclesiastical contexts are marked accordingly ("h/e").
* The definite article is given where necessary. Please note that often the article is only correct in one of the two languages ("Styria - die Steiermark").

A

* Aix-la-Chapelle - Aachen ^h/e

B

* Basle - Basel ^h/e
* Baltic Sea, the - die Ostsee ('the Eastern Sea')
* Bavaria - Bayern
* Berne - Bern ^h/e
* Black Forest, the - der Schwarzwald
* Brunswick - Braunschweig

C

* Carinthia - Kärnten
* Cassel - Kassel ^h/e
* Cleves - Kleve ^m/e
* Coblenz, Coblentz, Coblence - Koblenz ^h/e
* Cologne - Köln
* Constance - Konstanz ^h/e
* Constance, Lake - der Bodensee

D

* Danube, the - die Donau

F

* Franconia - Franken
* Frankfort - Frankfurt am Main ^h/e
* Frisia (North, East) - Ostfriesland, Nordfriesland

G

* Germany - Deutschland

H

* Hambro - Hamburg ^h/e
* Hamelin - Hameln
* Hanover - Hannover
* Heligoland - Helgoland
* Hesse - Hessen
* Holsatia - Holstein

L

* Leipsic - Leipzig ^h/e
* Lower Saxony - Niedersachsen
* Lucerne - Luzern
* Lucerne, Lake of - der Vierwaldstätter See ('the four forest cities lake')
* Lunenburg - Lüneburg ^h/e
* Lusatia - die Lausitz

M

* Mentz - Mainz ^h/e
* Moselle, the - die Mosel
* Munich - München

N

* Nuremberg - Nürnberg
* North Rhine-Westphalia - Nordrhein-Westfalen

P

* Palatinate, the - die Pfalz
* Pomerania - Pommern

R

* Ratisbon - Regensburg ^h/e
* Rhine, the - der Rhein
* Rhineland, the - das Rheinland
* Ruhr, the - ("area:") das Ruhrgebiet ; ("river:") die Ruhr

* Saxony - Sachsen
* Sleswick - Schleswig ^h/e
* Spires - Speyer ^h/e
* Styria - die Steiermark
* Swabia - Schwaben

T

* Thuringia - Thüringen (may soon be ^h/e)
* Triers, Treves - Trier ^h/e
* Tyrol - Tirol ^h/e (though still seen)

V

* Vienna - Wien

W

* Westphalia - Westfalen
* Wurtemberg - Württemberg ^h/e

Z

* Zurich, in General English - Zürich ^m/e

ee also

*Exonym and endonym
*German exonyms
*German names for Central European towns
*German placename etymology
*List of European exonyms
*Names for Germany
*Toponomy