De Hut

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Hut in 1838-1857. Derived from hut (“hut, cottage”), used here in a dialectal sense to refer to a farm with a porch that doubled as a public house.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də ˈɦʏt/
  • Hyphenation: De Hut
  • Rhymes: -ʏt

Proper noun

De Hut n

  1. a hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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