Aachen

English

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Alternative forms

• Aix-la-Chapelle (French)
• Aken (Dutch)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːkən/, X-SAMPA: /"A:k@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑ.kən/, /ˈɑ.xən

Proper noun

Aachen

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

Translations

city in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Arabic: آخن (ar) ('aakhin) m
• Catalan: Aquisgrà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿亨 (cmn) (Āhēng), 亞琛 (cmn), 亚琛 (cmn) (Yàchēn)

• Czech: Cáchy (cs)
• Danish: Aachen (da)
• Dutch: Aken (nl)
• Finnish: Aachen (fi)
• French: Aix-la-Chapelle (fr)
• German: Aachen (de) n
• Greek: Άαχεν (el) (Áachen) 
• Hungarian: Aachen (hu)

• Italian: Aquisgrana (it)
• Japanese: アーヘン (ja) (Āhen)
• Latin: Aquae (la) pl, Aquisgranum (la) n
• Low German: Oche
• Old Norse: Takn m
• Polish: Akwizgran (pl)
• Portuguese: Aquisgrano (pt)
• Russian: Аахен (ru) (Áaxen) m 
• Spanish: Aquisgrán (es)
• Swedish: Aachen (sv)
• Turkish: Aachen (tr)

Anagrams

• Achean

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German

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Etymology

From Latin aquae (“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus. Old High German forms: 972 Ahha, 1211 Ache, both cognate to aha ("water") and to Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːxən/, X-SAMPA: /"a:x@n/

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Proper noun

Aachen

1. The German city Aachen

Derived terms

• Aachener
• Aachens

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Swedish

Etymology

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

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Proper noun

Aachen

1. The German city Aachen