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FromMiddle High GermanĀchen, fromOld High GermanĀhha, from aProto-West Germanic*Ākā (cf.Middle DutchÂken), fromLatinaqua(“water”), referring to thelocal thermal springs (which are known to have been exploited by the Romans, though their original name is not quite clear).[1]
A derivation from cognate Old High Germanah(h)a(“flowing water”), fromProto-Germanic*ahwō, as claimed by Manfred Niemeyer’sDeutsches Ortsnamenbuch,[2] is impossible; firstly, because of the old-long/aː/, to which, besides the Standard German form itself, localRipuarianOche andLimburgishAoke clearly attest, and secondly, because of the/k/ inLow Franconian. (On page 23, theOrtsnamenbuch indeed admits that the/x/ inAachen is due to theHigh German consonant shift, thereby contradicting itself in a most obvious way.)
Aachen n (proper noun,genitiveAachensor(optionally with an article)Aachen)
Borrowed fromGermanAachen(“Aachen”).
Aachen
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aachen | — |
| accusative | Aachent | — |
| dative | Aachennek | — |
| instrumental | Aachennel | — |
| causal-final | Aachenért | — |
| translative | Aachenné | — |
| terminative | Aachenig | — |
| essive-formal | Aachenként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Aachenben | — |
| superessive | Aachenen | — |
| adessive | Aachennél | — |
| illative | Aachenbe | — |
| sublative | Aachenre | — |
| allative | Aachenhez | — |
| elative | Aachenből | — |
| delative | Aachenről | — |
| ablative | Aachentől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | Aachené | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | Aachenéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Aachenem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Aachened | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Aachenje | — |
| 1st person plural | Aachenünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Aachenetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Aachenjük | — |
Aachen ?
FromGermanAachen, fromLatinaquae(“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic godGranus.
