Ankeveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as tankenveen in 1344. Compound of Middle Dutch Tanke (a personal name) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). The initial T- gradually came to be seen as the preposition te (“at”) and was dropped.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: An‧ke‧veen

Proper noun

Ankeveen n

  1. a village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, North Holland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Schuimlikkerveen (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

  • Ankevener
  • Ankeveens

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ankeveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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