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Metropolis

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nounfeminine
  1. metropolis
  2. a bishop's see

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeMetropolisMetropolen
genitiveMetropolisMetropolen
dativeMetropolisMetropolen
accusativeMetropolisMetropolen

Used in the library

  • Im Film ist Nürnberg eine düstere Metropolis der Zukunft.In the film Nuremberg is a gloomy metropolis of the future.B2Noch einmal, bitte (11) — Once more, please (11) (B2)
  • Das neue Ballett spielt in einer kalten Metropolis der Zukunft, in der Maschinen die Menschen beherrschen.The new ballet is set in a cold metropolis of the future in which machines rule people.B2Noch einmal, bitte (23) — Once more, please (23) (B2)
  • Im kleinen Kino der Altstadt läuft ein alter Stummfilm über eine Metropolis, in der die Arbeiter unter der Erde leben.The small cinema in the old town is showing an old silent film about a metropolis in which the workers live underground.B2Noch einmal, bitte (32) — Once more, please (32) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • Großstadtlarge city, big city, major city (in Germany used for cities with a population greater than 100,000)
  • Hauptstadtcapital (city)
  • Metropolemetropolis; very large city; city which dominates its surroundings due to its population, administrative power or culture(s)

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