Aarhus

See also: Århus

English

Aarhus

Alternative forms

• Århus

Etymology

From Danish Aarhus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːhuːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹˌ(h)us/, /ˈɔrˌ(h)us/

Proper noun

Aarhus

1. A city and port in Denmark, in East Jutland; the second-largest city in Denmark.

Translations

Danish city

• Azerbaijani: Orhus
• Belarusian: О́рхус m (Órxus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧胡斯／奥胡斯 (zh) (Àohúsī)

• Danish: Århus, Aarhus (da)
• Esperanto: Arhuzo
• Finnish: Århus (fi)
• Georgian: ორჰუსი (orhusi), აარჰუსი (aarhusi)
• German: Aarhus (de)
• Greek: Ώρχους (el) n (Órchous)
• Icelandic: Árósar
• Japanese: オーフス (Ōfusu)
• Latvian: Orhūsa f
• Lithuanian: Orhusas (lt) m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Oarhoes

• Old Norse: Áróss
• Polish: Aarhus (pl) m
• Russian: О́рхус m (Órxus)
• Slovak: Aarhus m
• Turkish: Aarhus
• Uzbek: Orxus

Further reading

• Aarhus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Aarush, Arusha, Ashura, ahuras

Danish

Aarhus

Alternative forms

• Århus

Etymology

From Old Danish Arus, from Old Norse Áróss, a compound of á (“river”) +‎ óss (“mouth”). The first part of the word is an old genitive of Danish å (“small river”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), related to Latin aqua (“water”)). The latter part is a (now obsolete) word for "river mouth", os (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₃(o)s (“mouth”), related to Latin os (“mouth”)). The name has been assimilated to the word hus (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːrhuːˀs/, [ˈɒːhuˀs], [ˈɒːhus]

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Proper noun

Aarhus

1. Aarhus (a city in Denmark)

Usage notes

Following the spelling reform of 1948, the name was changed from Aarhus to Århus, which remained the spelling preferred by local authorities until 2010, when the city council decided to change the name back to Aarhus, effective from the 1st of January 2011. According to the official rules of Danish orthography, it is still valid to write Århus, although Aarhus is far more prevalent in road signs, media, etc.

Related terms

• aarhusianer
• aarhusiansk

Polish

Aarhus

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Aarhus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.xus/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrxus
• Syllabification: Aar‧hus

Proper noun

Aarhus m inan (indeclinable)

1. Aarhus (second largest city in Denmark)

Further reading

• Aarhus in Polish dictionaries at PWN