List of French exonyms for German toponyms
In this list, the French equivalents ( exonyms ) are given for German and Belgian German toponyms (i.e. names of cities, landscapes, rivers, mountains, etc. in German-speaking regions ).
For places in Switzerland see : List of French names of Swiss places
A.
- Adige: Etsch
- Aix-la-Chapelle: Aachen
- Allemagne: Germany
- les Alpes: Alps
- Alzette : Alzig (L) (river)
- Amblève: Amel
- Anvers: Antwerp (B) - does not belong to the German-speaking area
- Augsbourg: Augsburg
- Autriche: Austria
B.
- Bath: bathing
- Bade-Wurtemberg: Baden-Württemberg
- Basse-Autriche: Lower Austria
- Basse-Lusace: Lower Lusatia
- Basse-Saxe: Lower Saxony
- Bavière: Bavaria
- Bienne: Biel
- Bitche (outdated: Biche): Bitsch (F)
- Bitche, Pays de: Bitscherland (F)
- Bliescastel (outdated: Castres): Blieskastel
- Bourg-Dauphin: Neuforweiler
- Borcette: Burtscheid
- Boulay: Bolchen (F)
- Bouzonville: Busendorf (F)
- Brandebourg: Brandenburg
- Brême: Bremen
- Brisgau: Breisgau
- Brunswick: Brunswick
- Bullange: Büllingen (B)
- Butgenbach: Bütgenbach (B)
C.
- La Calamine: Kelmis (B)
- Carinthie: Carinthia
- Cassel: Kassel
- Clervaux : Klerf (L)
- Clèves: Cleves
- Coblence: Koblenz
- Cobourg: Coburg
- Cologne: Cologne
- Constance: Constance
- Constance, Lac de: Lake Constance
- Créhange: Kriechingen (F)
- Creutzwald: Kreuzwald (F)
D.
- Dagsbourg: Dagsburg (F)
- Danube: Danube
- Deux-Ponts: Zweibrücken
- Dresden: Dresden
- Duisbourg: Duisburg
- Durwiss: Dürwiß
E.
- Esch-sur-Alzette : Esch an der Alzette (Alzig) (L)
- Esch-sur-Sûre : Esch an der Sûre (L)
F.
- Fénétrange: Finstingen or Vinstingen (F)
- Flensburg: Flensburg
- Forêt Noire: Black Forest
- Francfort-sur-le-Main: Frankfurt am Main
- Francfort-sur-l'Oder: Frankfurt (Oder)
- Franconie: Francs
- Friborg-en-Brisgau: Freiburg im Breisgau
- Frize: Friesland
G
- Gand: Gent (B) (does not belong to the German-speaking area)
- Gœttingue: Göttingen
- Groningen: Groningen (NL)
- Gueldres: Geldern
- Gueule: Göhl
H
- Hambourg: Hamburg
- Hamelin: Hamelin
- Hanovre: Hanover
- Haute-Autriche: Upper Austria
- Haute Lusace: Upper Lusatia
- Hautes-Fagnes: High Fens
- Hesse: Hessen
- Hombourg: Homburg
- Hombourg: Homburg (F, Alsace)
- Hombourg-Haut: Oberhomburg (F, Lorraine)
I.
- Iéna: Jena
J
- Juliers: Jülich
K
- Kreutznach: Bad Kreuznach
L.
- Lac de Constance: Lake Constance
- Liège: Liège (B) - does not belong to the German-speaking area
- Limbourg: Limburg (D)
- Limbourg: Limburg (B)
- Lubec: Lübeck
- Lunebourg: Lüneburg
- Lusace: Lausitz
- Luxembourg: Luxembourg (outdated: Lützelburg, Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg)
M.
- Magdebourg: Magdeburg
- Marbourg: Marburg
- Mayence: Mainz
- Mecklenburg: Mecklenburg
- Mecklembourg-Poméranie occidentale: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Mer Baltique: Baltic Sea
- Mer Noire: Black Sea
- Meuse: Meuse
- Misnie: Meissen
- Montjoie: Monschau
- Moselle: Moselle
- Mulhouse: Mulhouse (F)
- Munich: Munich
N
- Naumbourg: Naumburg
- Nancy : Nanzig (obsolete) (F) - no longer a German language area
- Néau (old French): Eupen (BE)
- Nimègue: Nijmegen (NL)
- Nuremberg: Nuremberg
O
- Oldenbourg: Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
- Our : Ur (river)
P
- Palatinate: Palatinate
- Phalsbourg: Pfalzburg (F)
- Pirne: Pirna
- Poméranie: Pomeranian
- Pomp: pump stitch
- Puttelange: Püttlingen
- Puttelange: Püttlingen (F)
R.
- Ratisbonne: Regensburg
- Rhénanie: Rhineland
- Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhénanie-Palatinat: Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rhin: Rhine
- Rhône: Rotten (CH)
- Roer: Rur
S.
- Salzburg: Salzburg
- Saint George: St. Jöris
- Saint Vith: Saint Vith (B)
- Sarre: Saar (river), Saarland
- Sarrebourg: Saarburg
- Sarrebourg: Saarburg (F)
- Sarrebruck: Saarbrücken
- Sarreguemines Saargemünd (F)
- Sarrelouis: Saarlouis
- Sarrevailingue: Saarwellingen
- Saxe: Saxony
- Saxe-Anhalt: Saxony-Anhalt
- Spire: Speyer
- Strasbourg: Strasbourg (F)
- Styrie: Styria
- Sûre: Sauer (river)
T
- Thionville: Diedenhofen (F)
- Thuringe: Thuringia
- Tolbiac: Zülpich
- Trémoigne: Dortmund
- Trèves: Trier
- Tubingue: Tübingen
- Tyrol: Tyrol
V
- Vailingue-en-Sarre: Saarwellingen
- Vaudrevange: Wallerfangen
- Vesdre: Weser / Weserbach (river in B)
- Vienne: Vienna
W.
- Waimes: Weismes
- Waldwisse: Waldwies (F)
- Wallendorf-Pont : Wallendorferbrück (L)
- Westphalie: Westphalia
- Wiesbade: Wiesbaden
- Wolfsbourg: Wolfsburg
- Woerth: Wörth an der Sauer (F)
- Wurtemberg: Württemberg
- Wurtzbourg: Würzburg
Y
- Yutz: Jeutz (F)