Wilhelmstrasse

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”). === Pronunciation === (US, learned) IPA(key): /ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ (US, unlearned) IPA(key): /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/, /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑs/ === Proper noun === Wilhelmstrasse A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office. (metonymic, historical after 1945) The German government or Foreign Office.