Aken

See also: aken, åken, akẹn, Âken, and Äken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Aken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: A‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Proper noun

Aken n

  1. Aachen, a city in Germany

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: Aken

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *Āka, from a Proto-West Germanic *Ākā (cf. Old High German Āhha), from Latin aqua (“water”), referring to the local thermal springs (which are known to have been exploited by the Romans, though their original name is unknown).[1] See German Aachen for more.

Proper noun

Âken

  1. Aachen (a city in modern Germany)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: Aken
  • Limburgish: Aoke

References

  1. ^ Johannes Hoops, editor (2003), Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde‎[1], volume 25, De Gruyter, page 253

Further reading

  • “Aken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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