Aachen

== English == === Alternative forms === Aix-la-Chapelle (dated) === Etymology === From German Aachen. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːkən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑkən/ (non-naturalized pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑxən/ Rhymes: -ɑːkən Hyphenation: Aa‧chen === Proper noun === Aachen A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === aenach, Achean == German == === Alternative forms === Achen (obsolete) Ayghen, Aechen (obsolete, regional) === Etymology === From Middle High German Āchen, from Old High German Āhha, from a Proto-West Germanic *Ākā (cf. Middle Dutch Âken), from Latin aqua (“water”), referring to the local thermal springs (which are known to have been exploited by the Romans, though their original name is not quite clear). A derivation from cognate Old High German ah(h)a (“flowing water”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, as claimed by Manfred Niemeyer’s Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch, is impossible; firstly, because of the old-long /aː/, to which, besides the Standard German form itself, local Ripuarian Oche and Limburgish Aoke clearly attest, and secondly, because of the /k/ in Low Franconian. (On page 23, the Ortsnamenbuch indeed admits that the /x/ in Aachen is due to the High German consonant shift, thereby contradicting itself in a most obvious way.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːxən/, [ˈʔaː.χn̩] === Proper noun === Aachen n (proper noun, genitive Aachens or (optionally with an article) Aachen) Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) a special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of North Rhine-Westphalia; full name Städteregion Aachen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Aachener Aachenerin === References === == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Aachen (“Aachen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaːɦɛn] Rhymes: -ɛn Hyphenation: Aa‧chen === Proper noun === Aachen Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Aachen ? Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) Synonym: Aquisgrano == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Aachen, from Latin aquae (“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːkeːn/ === Proper noun === Aachen n (genitive Aachens) Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)