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Aachen
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English
Etymology
en ++ :bor de:Aachen
Pronunciation
ä′kən ä′ᴋʜən; en /ˈɑː.kən/ /ˈɑː.xən/
en /ˈɑːkən/ RP
en /ˈɑkən/ US
en /ˈɑxən/ non-naturalized pronunciation
en en-us-Aachen.ogg US
en ɑːkən 2
en Aa chen
Proper noun
en Q1017 en city s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany cont/Europe.
en Aix-la-Chapelle<id:Q1017><l:dated>
Translations
city in North Rhine-Westphalia Q1017
Afrikaans: af Aken
Arabic: ar آخِن m
Belarusian: be А́хен m
Bulgarian: bg А́хен m
Catalan: ca Aquisgrà f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 亞琛, cmn 阿亨,
Czech: cs Cáchy f-p
Danish: da Aachen
Dutch: nl Aken n
Esperanto: eo Aĥeno, eo Akeno
Finnish: fi Aachen
French: fr Aix-la-Chapelle
Georgian: ka აახენი
German: de Aachen n
Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Oche locally, gmw-cfr Ooche elsewhere mostly
Greek: el Άαχεν
Hebrew: he אאכן Aachen
Hindi: hi आख़न m
Hungarian: hu Aachen
Italian: it Aquisgrana
Japanese: ja アーヘン Āhen
Kashubian: csb Oche
Korean: ko 아헨
Latin: la Aquae p, la Aquisgranum n, la Urbs Aquensis Urbs Ăquḗnsis f
Latvian: lv Āhene f
Limburgish: li Aoke
Lithuanian: lt Achenas
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Aken
Luxembourgish: lb Oochen
Macedonian: mk Ахен
Marathi: mr आखेन, mr आखन
Norwegian: no Aachen
Old Norse: non Takn m
Polish: pl Akwizgran m-in
Portuguese: pt Aquisgrano f, pt Aachen f
Romanian: ro Aachen
Russian: ru А́хен m
Slovak: sk Aachen
Slovene: sl Aachen
Spanish: es Aquisgrán
Swedish: sv Aachen
Thai: th อาเค่น
Turkish: tr Aachen
Ukrainian: uk Аахен
Urdu: ur ^آخن m Āxan
Walloon: wa Åxhe
Further reading
Anagrams
en aacehn aenach Achean
en terms with /x/
German
de:,Städteregion +
Alternative forms
de Achen obsolete
de Ayghen Aechen obsolete regional
Etymology
de :inh gmh:Āchen<ety:inh<goh:Āhha<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*Ākā<ety:der<la:aqua<id:water>>>>>>>
From de gmh Āchen, from de goh Āhha, from a de gmw-pro *Ākā (cf. dum Âken), from de la aqua water, referring to the Aachen thermal springs local thermal springs (which are known to have been exploited by the Romans, though their original name is not quite clear).Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde 25 253 Johannes Hoops 2003 De Gruyter https://books.google.de/books?id=j7cXiqNmd1EC
A derivation from cognate goh aha ah(h)a flowing water, from gem-pro *ahwō, as claimed by Manfred Niemeyer’s Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch,Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch Manfred Niemeyer 2012 Berlin De Gruyter 978-3-11-025802-8 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=olXnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 is impossible; firstly, because of the old-long /aː/, to which, besides the Standard German form itself, local Ripuarian gmw-pro Oche and li Aoke clearly attest, and secondly, because of the /k/ in Low Franconian. (On page 23, the Ortsnamenbuch indeed admits that the /x/ in de Aachen is due to the High German consonant shift, thereby contradicting itself in a most obvious way.)
Pronunciation
de /ˈaːxən/ [ˈʔaː.χn̩]
de De-Aachen.ogg
de De-Aachen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aːxən 2
de Aa chen
Proper noun
toponym
de Q1017 de Aachen Q1017
de Q6272 de special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of s/North Rhine-Westphalia ; full name de Städteregion Aachen
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Aachener
de Aachenerin
References
Hungarian
hu:
thumb|Aachen Cathedral with Palatine Chapel
Etymology
hu :bor de:Aachen
hu de Aachen Aachen.
Pronunciation
áhen
hu ɛn 2
hu Aa chen
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu Q1017 hu Aachen Q1017
Declension
Aachene e - sgAachen j jei sg
Derived terms
hu aacheni
Further reading
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl 1 * :ubor de:Aachen Compare zlw-opl Czachy.
Pronunciation
[Aa:a] LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-#.wav Aa.chen
Proper noun
n<ll:prescriptive>,m-in 1
pl Q1017 pl Aachen Q1017
pl Akwizgran
Further reading
Modern Standard Polish:
2 1
+ 73517
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt 1 * :ubor de:Aachen
Pronunciation
pt
pt Aa chen
Proper noun
f
pt Q1017 pt Aachen Q1017
pt Aquisgrano
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv :der de:Aachen
From sv de Aachen, from sv la aquae waters, i.e. sources, referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus.
Pronunciation
sv /ɑː.keːn/
sv Aa chen
Proper noun
n
sv Q1017 sv Aachen Q1017