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Aken
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aken åken akẹn Âken Äken
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum Aken.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈaːkə(n)/
nl Nl-Aken.ogg
nl Aken
nl aːkən
Proper noun
n
Aachen, a city in Germany
Derived terms
nl Akens
Descendants
af Aken
Anagrams
nl kane, nl nake
nl Cities in Germany
nl exonyms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From dum odt *Āka, from a dum gmw-pro *Ākā (cf. goh Āhha), from dum 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 unknown).Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde 25 253 Johannes Hoops 2003 De Gruyter https://books.google.de/books?id=j7cXiqNmd1EC See de Aachen for more.
Proper noun
dum proper noun Âken
dum Aachen city in modern c/Germany
Inflection
dum noun
Descendants
nl Aken
li Aoke
References
Further reading
ID35741