Osnabrück

American  

[oz-nuh-brook, aws-nah-bryk] / ˈɒz nəˌbrʊk, ˌɔs nɑˈbrük /

noun

1. a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.

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Osnabrück British  

/ ɔsnaˈbryk /

noun

1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages; one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here. Pop: 165 517 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Germany’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, drew that comparison on Saturday as he addressed a crowd of about 25,000 in Osnabrück, a town where he was mayor for seven years.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Hertha Berlin and Osnabrück supporters had the same banners in Berlin, where both sets of fans stayed silent early on.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023

Born in Osnabrück, Germany, Otto-Knapp grew up on a dairy farm, which led to her deep interest in the natural world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022

“A German scholar, Wolfgang Karrer, from Osnabrück University, has a census of my characters; they number some one thousand,” he said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

They returned through Bentheim and Osnabrück, and arrived at Pyrmont on the 19th.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John