"Eupen" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɔʏ̯pən/ Audio: De-Eupen.ogg Forms: Eupens [genitive], Eupen [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch Oepen, Oipen, Oupen, Open. According to the prevalent theory from Proto-West Germanic *opan (“open”). The Middle Dutch spellings indeed seem to point to a back vowel; on the other hand there is no certainty about this and the modern front-rounded vowel would remain unexplained. An alternative theory derives it from *up (“up, at the top”) + *-īn. This explains the umlaut, but is still at odds with the dialectal pronunciation [ˈøˑʏ̯pə] ~ [ˈøːpə], which would require West-Germanic au-. Therefore a third theory postulates an underlying *Aupīn, in which *aup- would be a blend of *auwju (“floodplain”) with the hydronym *apa-. The spelling in Eu- appears in the 16th century and is probably a Franco-Flemish representation of [øː]. The contemporary Standard German pronunciation may to some degree be a spelling pronunciation, but it also approaches the local [øˑʏ̯], which moreover generally corresponds to standard eu, äu. Etymology templates: {{der|de|dum|Oepen}} Middle Dutch Oepen, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*opan|t=open}} Proto-West Germanic *opan (“open”), {{spelling pronunciation|de|nocap=1}} spelling pronunciation Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Eupen n (proper noun, genitive Eupens or (optionally with an article) Eupen)
  1. A town in German-speaking Community, province of Liège, Belgium Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Belgium, Towns in Belgium Derived forms: Eupener

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