Potsdam

[ pots-dam; German pawts-dahm ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July–August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee.
2. a town in N New York.

Potsdam

/ ˈpɔtsdam; ˈpɒtsdæm /

noun

1. a city in Germany, the capital of Brandenburg on the Havel River: residence of Prussian kings and German emperors and scene of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, at which the main Allied powers agreed on a plan to occupy Germany at the end of the Second World War. Pop: 144 979 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

It would add to the AfD's recent election successes - and prove a major embarrassment for Scholz, who lives in the state's capital, Potsdam.

From BBC

“If you introduce a new source of extraction, you bring competition to the market,” said Pradeep Singh, an ocean governance expert at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam, Germany.

From Salon

The study, which is a collaborative research project involving Tokyo Tech, EuXFEL, University of Potsdam, University of Toronto, University of Tsukuba, and Kobe University, has been detailed in the journal Nature Communications.

From Science Daily

A study by the research team around Potsdam geoscientist Prof. Dr. Martin H. Trauth confirms this for the end of the African Humid Period and the transition to the pronounced aridity that is typical today.

From Science Daily

He went to a tiny local high school with a graduating class of 13, then to Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.

From Seattle Times