Eupen

Etymology
From and, from. See below for more.

Translations

 * Dutch: Eupen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Limburgish: Eupe
 * Walloon: Nèyåw

Etymology
From. See below for more.

Proper noun

 * 1) Eupen,

Etymology
From, , ,. According to the prevalent theory from. 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 +. This explains the umlaut, but is still at odds with the dialectal pronunciation ~, which would require West-Germanic. Therefore a third theory postulates an underlying, in which would be a blend of  with the hydronym.

The spelling in Eu- appears in the 16th century and is probably a Franco-Flemish representation of. The contemporary Standard German pronunciation may to some degree be a, but it also approaches the local , which moreover generally corresponds to standard.