Arnhem

Meaning

1. (neuter) Arnhem (a city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands)
2. (neuter) a habitational surname

Hyphenated as

Arn‧hem

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑr.nɛm/

Etymology

First attested as arneym in 893. Compound derived from Old Dutch Aro (“a personal name”) or Arn (a personal name) (both deriving in turn from Proto-Germanic *arnu- (“eagle”)) and heem (“home, settlement”).
The surname is derived from the toponym.

Sentences

Rond Arnhem is veel gevochten in de Tweede Wereldoorlog .

There was a lot of fighting around Arnhem in the Second World War.