Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

1. A surname.
2. A place name, including:
   1. A hamlet in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5716).
   2. A river in Shropshire, which passes the hamlet and joins the River Tern.
   3. A community in Main-Spessart district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
   4. A town in Drenthe province, Netherlands.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roden is the 5245^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6653 individuals. Roden is most common among White (90.25%) individuals.

• Drone, drone, nerdo, Doren, renod, orned, redon, doner, ronde, Doner

First attested as rothen in 1139. Derived from the dative plural form of rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Het Raan, Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan and Rhoon.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Roon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.də(n)/
• Hyphenation: Ro‧den
• Rhymes: -oːdən
• Homophone: roden

Roden n

1. a village and former municipality of Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːdn̩/

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Roden n (strong, genitive Rodens, no plural)

1. gerund of roden

Roden n (proper noun, genitive Rodens or (optionally with an article) Roden)

1. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany

From Old Swedish Roþ(r)in, definite form of Roþer (which is formally identical to the common noun roþer, meaning “rowing”). The region was apparently so named because the adjoining seas were used by the Svear for naval expeditions.^[1]

Roden n (genitive Rodens)

1. A historical region on the coast of Uppland.

• Roslagen

• Roden on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv