Statistics for German Cities by Etymology

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Origin	Language	Meaning	Answer	% Correct
Hammaburg		"Hamma castle"	Hamburg	97%
Frankonovurd / Vadum Francorum	Old High German / Latin (respectively)	"River crossing of the Franks"	Frankfurt (am Main)	96%
Stuotgarten	Old High German	"Stud [warhorse] farm"	Stuttgart	94%
Drežďany	Sorbian family	"Woods" or "Lowland forest dweller"	Dresden	93%
apud Munichen	Late Latin & Old/Middle High German	"By the monks"	München	90%
Birl-	Old Polabian (stem, not an old name)	"Swamp"	Berlin	88%
Bona	Latin		Bonn	87%
Lipsk	Slavic family	"Settlement where the linden trees stand"	Leipzig	79%
Magadoburg	Old High German	"Big fortress"	Magdeburg	73%
Poztupimi	West Slavonic	"Beneath the oaks," corruption of pod dubmi	Potsdam	67%
Sara briga	Celtic family	"Big stone/hill in the streaming water"	Saarbrücken	51%
Augusta Vindelicorum	Latin	"Augustus the Vindicator"	Augsburg	50%
Astnide	Frankish, potentially	"Region of ash trees/the east"	Essen	36%
Throtmanni	Latin		Dortmund	35%
Mogontiacum	Gallic family / Latin	From Gallic god Mogons, "the great one"	Mainz	29%