Arnhem
English
Proper noun
Arnhem
- A city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands.
Translations
city in the Netherlands
Anagrams
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Ernem (dialect spelling)
Etymology
First attested as arneym in 893. From Middle Dutch Arnhem, from Old Dutch arnhēm, likely a compound of *Aro (“a personal name”) + hēm (“home”). The surname is derived from the toponym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.nɛm/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Arn‧hem
Proper noun
Arnhem n
- Arnhem (a city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands)
- Meronyms: De Praets, Elden, Schaarsbergen, Terlet, 't Vlot
- a habitational surname
Derived terms
- Arnhemmer
- Arnhems
- Arnhemse Broek
- van Arnhem, van Aarnhem
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Arnhem”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN