Minsk

See also: Mińsk and minsk

English

Alternative forms

• Miensk [until the 17th century, also 1918–1939]

Etymology

From Russian Минск (Minsk) or Belarusian Мінск (Minsk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnsk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪnsk

Proper noun

Minsk

2. The capital city of Belarus.
3. (metonymic) The Belarusian government.

Derived terms

• Minskite

Translations

capital of Belarus

• Afrikaans: Minsk
• Albanian: Minsku m
• Amharic: ሚንስክ (minsək)
• Arabic: مِينْسْك f (minsk)

  Hijazi Arabic: مينسك f (mīnsk)

• Armenian: Մինսկ (Minsk)
• Azerbaijani: Minsk (az)
• Belarusian: Мінск (be) m (Minsk), Менск m (Mjensk) (dated or Taraškievica orthography)

  Latin: Miensk m (łacinka)

• Bengali: মিন্‌স্ক (bn) (min‌sko)
• Bulgarian: Минск m (Minsk)
• Burmese: မင့်စ် (mang.c)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Мінск m (Minsk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 明斯克 (ming⁴ si¹ hak¹)

  Mandarin: 明斯克 (zh) (Míngsīkè)

• Czech: Minsk (cs) m
• Danish: Minsk
• Dutch: Minsk n
• Esperanto: Minsko (eo)
• Estonian: Minsk (et)
• Farefare: Minsku
• Faroese: Minsk
• Finnish: Minsk (fi)
• French: Minsk (fr) m
• Galician: Minsk (gl)
• Georgian: მინსკი (ka) (minsḳi)
• German: Minsk (de) n
• Greek: Μινσκ (el) n (Minsk)
• Hebrew: מִינְסְק f (minsk)
• Hindi: मिन्स्क m (minsk), मिंस्क (minsk)
• Hungarian: Minszk (hu)
• Icelandic: Minsk
• Irish: Mionsc f, Minsc f
• Italian: Minsk (it) m
• Japanese: ミンスク (ja) (Minsuku)
• Kalmyk: Минск (Minsk)
• Kazakh: Минск (Mıynsk)
• Khakas: Минск (Minsk)
• Khmer: មីនស្ក៍ (km) (miin)
• Korean: 민스크 (ko) (Minseukeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Minsk

• Kyrgyz: Минск (Minsk)
• Lao: ມິນ (min)
• Latin: Minscum, Minsca
• Latvian: Minska f
• Lithuanian: Minskas m
• Macedonian: Минск m (Minsk)
• Malay: Minsk
• Maltese: Minsk
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Минск (Minsk)

• Nogai: Менск (Mensk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Minsk (no)

  Nynorsk: Minsk

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Мѣньскъ m (Měnĭskŭ)

• Old East Slavic: Мѣньскъ m (Měnĭskŭ), Мѣнескь m (Měneskĭ), Мѣнскъ m (Měnskŭ) (forms with ѣ replaced with е also recorded in later periods)
• Old Ruthenian: Мѣнскъ m (Měnsk), Менскъ m (Mensk)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Минск m (Minsk)
• Pashto: مېنسک m (minsk)
• Persian: مینسک (minsk)
• Polish: Mińsk (pl) m, Mieńsk m (archaic, rare)
• Portuguese: Minsk (pt) f, Minsque f
• Romanian: Minsk (ro)
• Russian: Минск (ru) m (Minsk), Менск m (Mensk) (archaic, used until the 18th century)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ми̏нск m

  Latin: Mȉnsk (sh) m

• Slovak: Minsk m
• Slovene: Minsk m
• Spanish: Minsk (es) m
• Swedish: Minsk (sv)
• Tagalog: Minsk
• Tajik: Минск (Minsk)
• Tamil: மின்ஸ்க் (miṉsk)
• Tatar: Минск (Minsk)
• Thai: มินสค์ (mín), มินสก์ (mín)
• Tibetan: མིནསིཀ (minsik)
• Turkish: Minsk (tr)
• Turkmen: Minsk
• Tuvan: Минск (Minsk)
• Ukrainian: Мінськ (uk) m (Minsʹk), Менськ m (Mensʹk) (archaic)
• Urdu: منسک m (minsk)
• Uyghur: مىنىسكى (miniski)
• Uzbek: Minsk
• Vietnamese: Min-xcơ, Minh Tư Khắc (明斯克)
• Yakut: Минскэй (Minskey)
• Yiddish: מינסק n (minsk)

Anagrams

• minks

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Minsk

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnsk]

Proper noun

Minsk m inan (relational adjective Minský)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Declension

Declension of Minsk (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Minsk
genitive	Minsku, Minska
dative	Minsku
accusative	Minsk
vocative	Minsku
locative	Minsku
instrumental	Minskem

Further reading

• “Minsk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Minsk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Minsk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Belarusian Мінск (Minsk). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnsk/
• Hyphenation: Minsk

Proper noun

Minsk n

1. Minsk (capital of Belarus)

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈminsk/

Proper noun

Minsk

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian Мінск (Minsk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minsk/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Minsk f

1. Minsk (the capital and largest city of Belarus)

Related terms

• Minskois
• Minskoise
• minskois
• minskoise

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnsk/, [mɪnt͡sk]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Minsk n (proper noun, strong, genitive (mostly avoided) Minsks or (with an article) Minsk)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Derived terms

• Minsker
• minskisch

Icelandic

Proper noun

Minsk ?

1. Minsk (the capital of Belarus)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Minsque

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩsk/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩsk/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩʃk/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩs.kɨ/

Proper noun

Minsk ?

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈminsk]

Proper noun

Minsk m inan (genitive singular Minska, declension pattern of dub)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Declension

Declension of Minsk

	singulare tantum
nominative	Minsk
genitive	Minska
dative	Minsku
accusative	Minsk
locative	Minsku
instrumental	Minskom

Declension

Borrowed from Belarusian Мінск (Minsk).

Derived terms

• Minčan, Minčanka
• minský (adjective)
• minsky (adverb)

Further reading

• “Minsk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈminsk/ [ˈmĩnsk]
• Rhymes: -insk
• Syllabification: Minsk

Proper noun

Minsk ?

1. Minsk (city)

Derived terms

• minskeño

Swedish

Proper noun

Minsk n (genitive Minsks)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Anagrams

• minks