Editing Aachen (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Aachen'' is a modern descendant, like southern German {{lang|de|Ach(e)}}, {{langx|de|link=no|Aach}}, meaning "river" or "stream", from [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|ahha}}, meaning "water" or "stream", which directly translates (and etymologically corresponds) to [[Latin]] {{lang|la|Aquae}}, referring to the springs. The location has been inhabited by humans since the [[Neolithic]] era, about 5,000 years ago, attracted to its warm [[mineral spring]]s. Latin {{lang|la|Aquae}} figures in Aachen's [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] name {{lang|la|Aquae granni}}, which meant "waters of [[Grannus]]", referring to the [[Celts|Celtic]] god of healing who was worshipped at the springs.<ref name="Munro 1995" /><ref name="tourism">{{harvnb|Mielke|2013}}.</ref> This word became {{lang|wa|Åxhe}} in [[Walloon language|Walloon]] and {{lang|fr|Aix}} in French, and subsequently {{lang|fr|Aix-la-Chapelle}} to distinguish it from [[Aix-en-Provence]], after [[Charlemagne]] had his [[palatine Chapel, Aachen|palatine chapel]] built there in the late 8th century and then made the city his empire's capital.

The city is known by a variety of different names in other languages:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Language
! Name
! class="unsortable" | Pronunciation in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
|-
| [[Aachen dialect]]
| {{lang|ksh|Oche|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|ksh|ˈɔːxə|}}
|-
| [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
| {{lang|ca|Aquisgrà|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|ca|əkizˈɣɾa|}}, {{IPA|ca-valencia|akizˈɣɾa|}}
|-
| [[Czech language|Czech]]
| {{lang|cs|Cáchy|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|cs|ˈtsaːxɪ|}}
|-
| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] / [[Low German]]
| {{lang|nl|Aken|italic=no}}<ref name="Kerner 2013">{{harvnb|Kerner|2013}}</ref>
| {{IPA|nl|ˈaːkə(n)||nl-Aken.ogg}}
|-
| French
| {{lang|fr|Aix-la-Chapelle|italic=no}}<ref name="Kerner 2013"/>
| {{IPA|fr|ɛks la ʃapɛl||LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Aix-la-Chapelle.wav}}
|-
| Greek
| {{lang|el|Ακυίσγρανον}} ({{lang|el-Latn|Akyísgranon}})
| {{IPA|el|aciˈizɣranon|}}
|-
| Italian
| {{lang|it|Aquisgrana|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|it|akwizˈɡraːna|}}
|-
| [[Latin]]
| {{lang|la|Aquisgrana|italic=no}},<ref name="Egger 1977 15">{{harvnb|Egger|1977|p=15}}</ref> {{lang|la|Aquae Granni|italic=no}},<ref name="Munro 1995"/> {{lang|la|Aquis Granum|italic=no}}<ref>{{harvnb|Canby|1984|p=1}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]]
| {{lang|li|Aoke|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|li|ˈɔːkə|}}
|-
| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]
| {{lang|lb|Oochen|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|lb|ˈoːχən|}}
|-
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| {{lang|pl|Akwizgran|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|pl|aˈkfizɡran|}}
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| {{lang|pt|Aquisgrano|italic=no}}, {{lang|pt|Aquisgrão|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|pt-PT|ɐkiʒˈɣɾɐnu|lang|link=yes}}, {{IPA|pt|ɐkiʒˈɣɾɐ̃w|}}
|-
| Russian
| {{lang|ru|Ахен}} ''(Akhen)''
| {{IPA|ru|ˈɐxʲɪn|}}
|-
| Spanish
| {{lang|es|Aquisgrán|italic=no}}<ref name="Kerner 2013"/>
| {{IPA|es|akisˈɣɾan|}}
|-
| [[Walloon language|Walloon]]
| {{lang|wa|Åxhe|italic=no}}
| {{IPA|wa|ɑːç|}}
|}