What Bundes mean?
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What Bundes mean?
A “Bund” is a confederation/federation, in this case the German federation, or country as a whole. When tagged into the front of a noun, as “Bundes”, it is literally translated as “federal”. Therefore, there’s the federal parliament, federal state, federal army and, of course, federal league.
What means Borussia?
Prussia
Borussia is the Latin word for Prussia, a former European state that comprised much of what today is Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Russia.
Which country is Dortmund?
Borussia Dortmund or “BVB” is a German sports club based in Dortmund and one of the most successful soccer clubs in Germany. The team Borussia Dortmund plays in the “Bundesliga”: The German Premier League.
How do you spell Mönchengladbach?
a city in western North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
What is Juventus star?
Juventus F.C. wear 3 stars above their crest to represent the 30 league championships they have amassed. Also present in the image are the Scudetto and the Coccarda, worn by the current holders of the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles respectively.
Why is Borussia Dortmund called BVB?
The term ‘BVB’ – pronounced in German ‘bay-fow-bay’ – stems from the club’s official name of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund. Broken down into its constituent parts the name means: Ball game club – Borussia – 1909 – registered association – Dortmund.
What does BVB stand for?
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men’s professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.
What are Borussia Dortmund’s colours?
Borussia Dortmund’s colours are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben. They hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04, with whom they contest the Revierderby.
Where does the name’BVB’come from?
Eagle-eyed readers may by now have spotted the origin of ‘BV’ in ‘BVB’. The nickname is of course completed by ‘Borussia’, which while stemming from the Latin name for the former German region of Prussia, was in fact taken by the founders from a local brewery in Dortmund.
