Hameln

German

Etymology

From Old Saxon Hamela, Hameloa, a compound whose second element is lōh (“clearing, meadow”) (compare modern High German Loh (“grove”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːməln/

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• Hyphenation: Ha‧meln

Proper noun

Hameln n (proper noun, genitive Hamelns or (optionally with an article) Hameln)

1. Hamelin (a town, the administrative seat of Hameln-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany)

Proper noun

Hameln m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hamelns or (with an article) Hameln, feminine genitive Hameln, plural Hamelns)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms

• von Hameln

Descendants

• French: Hamelin
• English: Hamelin
• English: Hamlin