Arnhem

English

Proper noun

Arnhem

1. A city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in the Netherlands

• Bulgarian: А́рнем m (Árnem)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿納姆 / 阿纳姆 (zh) (Ānàmǔ), 安恆 / 安恒 (Ānhéng)

• Dutch: Arnhem (nl) n
• German: Arnheim (de) n
• Marathi: आर्नेम (ārnem)
• Portuguese: Arnhem f
• Russian: Арнем (Arnem)

Anagrams

• Ehrman, Hamner, Herman, Mehran, Rehman

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Ernem (dialect spelling)

Etymology

First attested as arneym in 893. From Middle Dutch Arnhem, from Old Dutch arnhēm, likely a compound of *Aro (“a personal name”) + hēm (“home”). The surname is derived from the toponym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.nɛm/

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• Hyphenation: Arn‧hem

Proper noun

Arnhem n

1. Arnhem (a city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands)

   Meronyms: De Praets, Elden, Schaarsbergen, Terlet, 't Vlot

2. 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^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN