Assen

Assen

1. A city, municipality, and capital of Drenthe, Netherlands.

• Seans, SANEs, seans, Nessa, nasse, nases, Nases, assne

First attested as ascen in 1267-1268. Etymology unknown. Not derived from a personal name or Old Saxon asna (“rent, wage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: As‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɑsən
• Homophone: assen

Assen n

1. Assen (a city, municipality, and capital of Drenthe, Netherlands)

   Synonym: Stad der Paleizen (nickname)

   Meronyms: Anreep, Graswijk, Loon, Rhee, Schieven, Ter Aard, Ubbena, Witten, Zeijerveen, Zeijerveld

• Assenaar
• Assens
• Asserbos

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “assen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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Assen

1. dative plural of As

Assen

1. plural of Ass