Hameln

German

Etymology

From Old Saxon Hamela, Hameloa, a compound whose second element is lōh (“clearing, meadow”) (compare modern High German Loh (“grove”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːməln/
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  • Hyphenation: Ha‧meln

Proper noun

Hameln n (proper noun, genitive Hamelns or (optionally with an article) Hameln)

  1. Hamelin (a town, the administrative seat of Hameln-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany)

Proper noun

Hameln m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hamelns or (with an article) Hameln, feminine genitive Hameln, plural Hamelns)

  1. a surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms
  • von Hameln

Descendants
  • French: Hamelin
  • English: Hamelin
  • English: Hamlin
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