Kölle
See also: kolle and kollë
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Källe (Moselle Franconian, though Standard German Köln may now be used)
Etymology
From Middle High German Cöllen, from Latin Colonia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkœlə/
Proper noun
Kölle n
- (Ripuarian) Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Limburgish
Etymology
From earlier Cöllen, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkœ.lə/
- Rhymes: -œlə
Proper noun
Kölle n (Eupen)
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Derived terms
- kölsch
- Kölsch