noun
place of residence, residence
B1
'Wohnort' means 'place of residence' or 'residence', referring to where someone lives. It’s a masculine noun: der Wohnort, plural die Wohnorte. Regular plural. Common collocations: 'am Wohnort' or 'Wohnort angeben' (to state one’s address). No special preposition is mandatory. Often used in official forms.
Examples
Bitte geben Sie Ihren Wohnort auf dem Formular an.
Please enter your place of residence on the form.
Sein Wohnort ist eine kleine Stadt an der Küste.
His residence is a small town on the coast.
Die Behörde überprüfte den Wohnort der Antragsteller, weil Unstimmigkeiten bei den Formularen entdeckt worden waren.
The authority checked the applicants' place of residence because inconsistencies had been found in the forms.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a house icon on a map pin labeled 'Wohnort'.
Wohn- sounds like 'own' (home) + Ort (place) — your 'own place'.
der = think 'der Ort' (the place) to remember masculine gender.
Notes
Wohnort is often used in official forms and everyday speech to indicate the town or city where someone lives.