Köln

Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and colony.

Köln

1. (rare) Synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.
   • 1915, E. St. Clair Storbart, “Within the Enemy's Lands”, in The Fortnighty, volume 103, page 680:

     Class A., for instance, comprised the English spies. They were to go to Köln.

• Lonk

• Køln

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰølˀn̩]

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

From German Köln.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøln/, [ˈk̟ø̞ln]
• Rhymes: -øln
• Syllabification^(key): Köln
• Hyphenation^(key): Köln

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• Cöln (obsolete since 1919)
• Coelen, Coellen, Coelne, Cölen, Cöllen, Cölln, Cöllne, Cölne (obsolete)

From Middle High German Cölne, syncope of Cölene, from Old High German [Term?], from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“Agrippine Colony”), short for Colōnia Claudia Āra Agrippīnēnsium, the official name of the original Roman settlement. A Middle High German byform was Cölen (with early apocope instead of syncope). To this form corresponds Dutch Keulen, while local Ripuarian Kölle can continue either variant. Doublet of Kolonie.

• IPA^(key): /kœln/

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Köln n (proper noun, genitive Kölns or (optionally with an article) Köln)

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• Kölner, Kölnerin
• kölnisch

• kölsch, Kölsch

• → Hungarian: Köln
• → Icelandic: Köln
• → Russian: Кёльн (Kjolʹn)

From German Köln.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkøln]
• Hyphenation: Köln
• Rhymes: -øln

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• kölni
• kölnivíz

Borrowed from German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

• Rhymes: -œln

Köln f (genitive singular Kölnar or (rare) Köln, no plural)

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Kolni

From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeln/, [ˈkəln]

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

• IPA^(key): /kœln/
• Rhymes: -œln

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Köln f

1. synonym of Colónia

Köln c

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• knöl

Köln

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• Kölnlü