Aachen

• Aix-la-Chapelle (dated)

From German Aachen.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːkən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkən/
  • (non-naturalized pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑxən/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːkən
• Hyphenation: Aa‧chen

Aachen

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

• aenach, Achean

• Achen (obsolete)
• Ayghen, Aechen (obsolete, regional)

From Old High German ahha (“flowing water”). Compare Aix, the French name for the city, from Latin aquis (“waters”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːxən/, [ˈaːχn̩]

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Aachen n (proper noun, genitive Aachens or (optionally with an article) Aachen)

1. Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. a special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of North Rhine-Westphalia; full name Städteregion Aachen

• Aachener
  • Aachenerin

Borrowed from German Aachen (“Aachen”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːɦɛn]
• Hyphenation: Aa‧chen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Aachen

1. Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

• 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

Aachen ?

1. Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

   Synonym: Aquisgrano

From German Aachen, from Latin aquae (“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːkeːn/

Aachen n (genitive Aachens)

1. Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)