Berlin

=== Etymology ===
Berlin lies in northeastern Germany. Most of the cities and villages in northeastern Germany bear [[Slavic languages]]-derived names. Typical [[Germanization]] for place name [[suffix]]es of Slavic origin are {{Lang|de|-ow, -itz, -vitz, -witz, -itzsch}} and {{Lang|de|-in}}, [[prefix]]es are ''{{Lang|de|Windisch}}'' and ''{{Lang|de|Wendisch}}''. The name ''Berlin'' has its roots in the language of the [[West Slavs]], and may be related to the Old [[Polabian language|Polabian]] stem {{Lang|pox|berl-/birl-}} ("swamp").<ref>{{Cite book| last=Berger| first=Dieter| title=Geographische Namen in Deutschland| publisher=Bibliographisches Institut| year=1999| isbn=9783411062522}}</ref>

Of Berlin's [[Boroughs and neighborhoods of Berlin|twelve boroughs]], five bear a Slavic-derived name: [[Pankow]], [[Steglitz-Zehlendorf]], [[Marzahn-Hellersdorf]], [[Treptow-Köpenick]], and [[Spandau]]. Of Berlin's ninety-six neighborhoods, twenty-two bear a Slavic-derived name: [[Altglienicke]], [[Alt-Treptow]], [[Britz]], [[Buch (Berlin)|Buch]], [[Buckow (Berlin)|Buckow]], [[Gatow]], [[Karow (Berlin)|Karow]], [[Kladow]], [[Köpenick]], [[Lankwitz]], [[Lübars]], [[Malchow (Berlin)|Malchow]], [[Marzahn]], [[Pankow (locality)|Pankow]], [[Prenzlauer Berg]], [[Rudow]], [[Schmöckwitz]], [[Spandau (locality)|Spandau]], [[Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow]], [[Steglitz]], [[Tegel]] and [[Zehlendorf (Berlin)|Zehlendorf]].