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 Colona, 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, which see. Displaced native *Källen, still attested in Kälschwaasser (archaic for “eau de Cologne”).

• IPA^(key): [kəln]

Köln n

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