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Kölle
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kolle kollë
Central Franconian
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Alternative forms
gmw-cfr Källe Moselle Franconian, though Standard German de Köln may now be used
Etymology
From gmw-cfr gmh Cöllen, from gmw-cfr la colonia.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /ˈkœlə/
Proper noun
gmw-cfr proper noun n
gmw-cfr Ripuarian gmw-cfr largest city s/North Rhine-Westphalia in northwestern c/Germany Cologne
German
Etymology
de :bor gmw-cfr:Kölle
de gmw-cfr Kölle.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkœlə/
de De-Kölle.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Köl le
Proper noun
toponym
de dialectal informal de Köln
de Patric Hemgesberg Die Wahrheit: Im Klingelbeutel zu den Sternen Die Tageszeitung: taz 2023-04-14 https://taz.de/!5924549/ 0931-9085 Damit der Dom in Kölle bleibt, ist dem Rheinländer offenbar kein Preis zu hoch. Nicht einmal die Unterwerfung unter den düsteren Kardinal Darth Woelki. https://web.archive.org/web/20261022132827/https://taz.de/Die-Wahrheit/!5924549/ 22 October 2026
Limburgish
Etymology
li ine-pro *kʷel-
From earlier li Cöllen, from li la colōnia colony in la Colōnia Agrippīna Agrippine Colony, a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; la colōnia colony comes from la colōnus farmer; colonist, from la colō till, cultivate, worship, from earlier *la quelō, from li ine-pro *kʷel- to move; to turn (around).
Pronunciation
li /ˈkœ.lə/
li œlə 2
Proper noun
li proper noun n li Eupen
li largest city s/North Rhine-Westphalia in northwestern c/Germany Cologne
Derived terms
li kölsch Kölsch