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Emmen
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English
Proper noun
en city p/Drenthe c/Netherlands.
en municipality p/Drenthe c/Netherlands.
en village/and/municipality in can/Lucerne c/Switzerland.
Anagrams
en eemmn Mneme mneme
Dutch
Etymology
( Drenthe) First attested as in emne in 1139. Etymology nl unknown. Potentially derived from a prehistoric hydronym. Compare de Emen and de Holtemme.
(Overijssel) First attested as eme in 1301. Potentially derived from nl dum eem water.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɛ.mə(n)/
nl Em men
nl ɛmən 2
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/Drenthe c/Netherlands without city rights
nl Amsterdamscheveld Barger-Compascuum Barger-Erfscheidenveen Barger-Oosterveen Barger-Oosterveld Emmer-Compascuum Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Erica Ermerveen Foxel Klazienaveen Koelveen Middendorp Munsterscheveld Nieuw-Amsterdam Nieuw-Dordrecht Nieuw-Schoonebeek Nieuw-Weerdinge Noordbarge Oosterse Bos Oranjedorp Roswinkel Schoonebeek Schutwijk Veenoord Weerdinge Weiteveen Westenesch Westerse Bos Wilhelmsoord Zandpol Zuidbarge Zwartemeer
nl hamlet mun/Dalfsen p/Overijssel c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Emmens Emmer Emmer-Compascuum Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Emmerhout Emmermeer Emmerschans
References
emmen
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛmən/
de Em men
Proper noun
toponym
de town/and/municipality in p/Drenthe province c/Netherlands
de village/and/municipality in can/Lucerne c/Switzerland
de village mun/Hankensbüttel dist/Gifhorn s/Lower Saxony c/Germany
de village mun/Hollenstedt dist/Harburg s/Lower Saxony c/Germany
de hamlet mun/Dalfsen in p/Overijssel province c/Netherlands
Declension
toponym
Related terms
de Emmenbrücke, de Emmental, de Emmebach, de Emmendingen, de Emmendorf, de Emmerberg, de Emden