Meanings
nounAachener (plural Aacheners)
plural Aacheners
- A native or inhabitant of the city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.
1972, Charles Whiting, Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944–1945, London: Leo Cooper Ltd, →ISBN, page 24
Origin
- GermanAachener
- EnglishAachener
Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen + -er.
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Aachener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aachener
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