Hameln

German edit

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Hameln

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːməln/
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Hyphenation: Ha‧meln

Proper noun edit

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

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

Proper noun edit

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

a surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms edit

von Hameln

Descendants edit

French: Hamelin
English: Hamelin
English: Hamlin