Cwlen

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Cwlên

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English Coloyne or Early Modern English Cullen, from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna). Compare Middle Welsh Cwlwyn, from an earlier Middle English form.

Proper noun

Cwlen f

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• Cwleneg (“Kölsch”)
• het Gwlen

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cwlen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cwlen	Gwlen	Nghwlen	Chwlen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.