Eupen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Eupen, from Middle Dutch Ōpen, Ōipen, from Old Dutch *Upīn, from up +‎ *-īn, literally “relating to the top”.

The standard German pronunciation with /ɔɪ̯/ is a spelling pronunciation.[1]

Proper noun

Eupen

  1. A city in the province of Liège in Belgium; the capital of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

Translations

References
  1. Frans Debrabandere (2007), “Vorm en uitspraak van eigennamen (1): Plaatsnamen”, in Nederlands van Nu‎, volume 55, Algemeen-Nederlands Verbond, page 39.
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