Roden

See also: roden

English

Proper noun

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

1. A surname.
2. A place name, including:
   1. A hamlet in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5716).
   2. A river in Shropshire, which passes the hamlet and joins the River Tern.
   3. A community in Main-Spessart district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
   4. A town in Drenthe province, Netherlands.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roden is the 5245^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6653 individuals. Roden is most common among White (90.25%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Drone, drone, nerdo, Doren, renod, orned, redon, doner, ronde, Doner

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rothen in 1139. Derived from the dative plural form of rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Het Raan, Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan and Rhoon.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Roon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.də(n)/
• Hyphenation: Ro‧den
• Rhymes: -oːdən
• Homophone: roden

Proper noun

Roden n

1. a village and former municipality of Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Roden
• Rodenaar
• Roder
• Roderesch
• Roderveld
• Roderwolde

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːdn̩/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Roden n (strong, genitive Rodens, no plural)

1. gerund of roden

Declension

Declension of Roden [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Roden
genitive	eines	des	Rodens
dative	einem	dem	Roden
accusative	ein	das	Roden

Proper noun

Roden n (proper noun, genitive Rodens or (optionally with an article) Roden)

1. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish Roþ(r)in, definite form of Roþer (which is formally identical to the common noun roþer, meaning “rowing”). The region was apparently so named because the adjoining seas were used by the Svear for naval expeditions.

Proper noun

Roden n (genitive Rodens)

1. A historical region on the coast of Uppland.

Synonyms

• Roslagen

Further reading

• Roden on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv