Leipzig

[ lahyp-sig, -sik; German lahyp-tsik ]

noun

1. a city in E central Germany.

Leipzig

/ ˈlaɪpsɪɡ; ˈlaiptsɪç /

noun

1. a city in E central Germany, in Saxony: famous fairs, begun about 1170; publishing and music centre; university (1409); scene of a decisive defeat for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813. Pop: 497 531 (2003 est)

Leipzig

1. City in east-central Germany ; a manufacturing, commercial, and transportation hub.

Notes

Leipzig was the capital of Germany's book and music publishing industries until the city was badly damaged in World War II .

Since the Reformation , Leipzig has been a leading cultural center of Germany, home to philosophical, literary, and musical giants, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich von Schiller , Johann Sebastian Bach , Felix Mendelssohn , Robert Schumann, and Richard Wagner .

Example Sentences

Nobody at Celtic will need any telling about Leipzig's clear and present danger.

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Following Favre's dismissal in December 2020, Terzic was named interim boss until the end of that season and led the club to the German Cup with a victory in the final against RB Leipzig.

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There have been several times in the past few games where Liverpool rode their luck, including against RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday when they could have been two goals down at half-time.

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Liverpool are not helped by having to travel back from RB Leipzig on Wednesday, but Arsenal have bigger problems.

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With arguably their two toughest Champions League games out of the way, Celtic can now look forward to back-to-back home matches against RB Leipzig and Club Brugge with four points already on the board.

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