English

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Aachen

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Achean

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Ache, from Old High German Ahha, from Latin aquae ‎(“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the sacred springs associated with the Celtic god Granus. Cognate with Old High German aha ‎(“water”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːχən/, /ˈaːχn̩/

Proper noun

Aachen n ‎(genitive Aachens)

1. the German city of Aachen

Derived terms

• Aachener
• Aachenerin
• Aachens

Portuguese

Proper noun

Aachen f

1. Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Synonyms

• Aquisgrano

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːkeːn/

Proper noun

Aachen

1. the German city of Aachen