German exonyms


Below is a list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in italics.

Belgium

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

France

Hungary

Japan

Latvia

Luxembourg

Note that this list only includes towns whose German name is significantly different from the official form. Towns that differ with predictable spelling/ ending changes shown below are not included.
  • ae, c, é, oe, ou, u, v → ä, k, e, ö, u, ü, w
  • -ange, -haff → -ingen, -hof

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Poland

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Switzerland

Tanzania

All of the below names are now obsolete. They were formerly used when Tanzania was part of the colony of German East Africa.