קעלן

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“(Agrippine) Colony”), which see German Köln.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛɫn̩/

Proper noun

קעלן • (keln) n

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Related terms

adjectives

• קעלניש (kelnish)

nouns

• אָדעקאָלאָן m (odekolon)
• קעלניש n (kelnish)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “קעלן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].