Köln
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne.
Proper noun
Köln
- (rare) Synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.
- 1915, E. St. Clair Storbart, “Within the Enemy's Lands”, in The Fortnighty, volume 103, page 680:
- Class A., for instance, comprised the English spies. They were to go to Köln.
Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Declension
| Inflection of Köln (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Köln | — | |
| genitive | Kölnin | — | |
| partitive | Kölniä | — | |
| illative | Kölniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Köln | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Köln | — |
| gen. | Kölnin | ||
| genitive | Kölnin | — | |
| partitive | Kölniä | — | |
| inessive | Kölnissä | — | |
| elative | Kölnistä | — | |
| illative | Kölniin | — | |
| adessive | Kölnillä | — | |
| ablative | Kölniltä | — | |
| allative | Kölnille | — | |
| essive | Kölninä | — | |
| translative | Kölniksi | — | |
| abessive | Kölnittä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early New High German Coellen, ultimately borrowed from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“(Agrippine) Colony”), shortened from of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the official Latin name of the original Roman settlement at Köln.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle and Old High German form?”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Köln n (proper noun, genitive Kölns or (optionally with an article) Köln)
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Related terms
Descendants
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Köln | — |
| accusative | Kölnt | — |
| dative | Kölnnek | — |
| instrumental | Kölnnel | — |
| causal-final | Kölnért | — |
| translative | Kölnné | — |
| terminative | Kölnig | — |
| essive-formal | Kölnként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Kölnben | — |
| superessive | Kölnön | — |
| adessive | Kölnnél | — |
| illative | Kölnbe | — |
| sublative | Kölnre | — |
| allative | Kölnhöz | — |
| elative | Kölnből | — |
| delative | Kölnről | — |
| ablative | Kölntől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Kölné | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Kölnéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Köln | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Kölnöm | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Kölnöd | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Kölnje | — |
| 1st person plural | Kölnünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Kölnötök | — |
| 3rd person plural | Kölnjük | — |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -œln
Proper noun
Köln f
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Synonyms
- Kolni (obsolete)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Portuguese
Proper noun
Köln f
- Synonym of Colónia
Swedish
Proper noun
Köln c
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Köln
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Declension
declension of Köln
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Köln | Kölnler / Köln'ler |
| accusative | Köln'ü | Kölnleri / Köln'leri |
| dative | Köln'e | Kölnlere / Köln'lere |
| locative | Köln'de | Kölnlerde / Köln'lerde |
| ablative | Köln'den | Kölnlerden / Köln'lerden |
| genitive | Köln'ün | Kölnlerin / Köln'lerin |
possessive of Köln
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Köln'üm | Kölnlerim / Köln'lerim |
| senin (your) | Köln'ün | Kölnlerin / Köln'lerim |
| onun (his/her/its) | Köln'ü | Kölnleri / Köln'leri |
| bizim (our) | Köln'ümüz | Kölnlerimiz / Köln'lerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Köln'ünüz | Kölnleriniz / Köln'leriniz |
| onların (their) | Köln'ü / Kölnleri / Köln'leri | Kölnleri / Köln'leri |