Arnhem
English
Proper noun
Arnhem
- A city and municipality and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands.
Translations
city in the Netherlands
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Anagrams
- Ehrman, Hamner, Herman, Mehran, Rehman
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Ernem (dialect spelling)
Etymology
First attested as arneym in 893. Compound derived from Old Dutch Aro (“a personal name”) or Arn (“a personal name”) (both deriving in turn from Proto-Germanic *arnu- (“eagle”)) and heem (“home, settlement”).
The surname is derived from the toponym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.nɛm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Arn‧hem
Proper noun
Arnhem n
- Arnhem (a city and municipality and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands).
- Meronyms: De Praets, Elden, Schaarsbergen, Terlet, 't Vlot
- a habitational surname
Derived terms
- Arnhemmer
- Arnhems
- Arnhemse Broek
- van Arnhem, van Aarnhem
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “arnhem”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN