Aalten

English

Proper noun

Aalten

A village and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

Anagrams

anteal, lanate

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as aladna in 828. Etymology unclear. Likely derived from a phytonym (compare Old Norse alað (“food”), aldin (“edible fruit”), Old Swedish alda (“fruit-bearing oak”)). A proposed derivation from a hydronym derived from Proto-Indo-European *alat- (“shining, bending outward”) is far-fetched. Not etymologically related to aal (“poplar, Populus”). Potentially related to Aalden.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːl.tə(n)/
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Hyphenation: Aal‧ten
Rhymes: -aːltən

Proper noun

Aalten n

Aalten (a village and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands).
Meronyms: Barlo, Bredevoort, Dale, Dinxperlo, De Heurne, Groot Deunk, Haart, Het Beggelder, Heurne, Hollenberg, IJzerlo, 't Klooster, Lintelo, 't Villeken

Derived terms

Aaltenaar
Aaltens
van Aalten, van Alten

References

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