List of German names of French-speaking places
In this list, the names of French places (regions, rivers, ...) are compared with their German names. From a German-speaking perspective, they still bear these names today or they were used at times when the majority of the population was still German-speaking or these areas were part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation or later the German Empire.
Many of the names in Lorraine and Alsace are still in use among older people in the regions and their neighbors because they still speak the Franconian and Alemannic dialects. Since the entries here are particularly numerous, they can be found in separate lists. See the list of Franco-German place names in Alsace and the list of Franco-German place names in Lorraine .
Many French names are only phonetic transcriptions of the originally German names. For example, the word -weiler was often converted into -willer or -viller, and the same applies to -z- (-tz-), -burg (-bourg) or -hofen (-hoffen). Much even remained intact.
Regions, mountains, rivers etc.
| German | French |
|---|---|
| Alps | Alpes |
| Angevin Empire | Anjou |
| Aquitaine | Aquitaine |
| Ardennes | Ardennes |
| Artesia | Artois |
| English Channel | La Manche |
| Arvernerland | Auvergne |
| Burgundy | Bourgogne |
| You b | Doubs |
| Alsace | Alsace |
| France | France |
| French Nied | Nied française |
| Free County of Burgundy | Franche-Comté |
| Corsica | Corse |
| Lorraine | Lorraine |
| Luxembourg / Last castle | Luxembourg |
| Meuse | Meuse |
| Moselle | Moselle |
| Occitania | Occitanie |
| Rotten (German-Swiss) | Rhône |
| Pyrenees | Pyrenees |
| Saar | Sarre |
| Savoy | Savoie |
| Soone | Saone |
| Waberland | Woëvre |
| Wasgenwald / Vosges | Vosges |
French (speaking) cities and towns
See also
- List of Franco-German place names in Alsace
- List of German-French place names in Lorraine
- List of German names of Swiss places
- List of French exonyms for German toponyms
- List of Catalan-Spanish place names in the Catalan-speaking area
- List of lists of German-language names for non-German-speaking places