Bonn

[ bon; German bawn ]

noun

1. a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.

Bonn

/ bɒn; bɔn /

noun

1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine: the former capital (1949–90) of West Germany; university (1786). Pop: 311 052 (2003 est)

Bonn

1. Former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and still home to most of the German government's bureaucracy, located in the western part of Germany, on the Rhine River .

Notes

The Constitution for West Germany was drafted in Bonn after World War II . Bonn became West Germany's capital in 1949 and reunified Germany's capital in 1990, but it has since lost that distinction to Berlin .

Example Sentences

This is the conclusion drawn by a current study by the University of Bonn and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil.

From Science Daily

The warning came after the discovery of a fence cut at the water storage site in Mechernich area near Bonn.

From BBC

The warning comes as climate experts meet in Bonn to prepare the ground for the COP29 climate conference which takes place in November in Baku, Azerbaijan.

From Science Daily

Prosecutors said the man approached the Russian embassy in Berlin and the consulate in Bonn unprompted and "almost persistently offered himself to Russia".

From BBC

Mac Bonn, the general manager, said he drives 45 minutes “over the hill,” traversing a winding mountain road, to his home in Fairfax.

From Los Angeles Times