De Leijen

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Noord-Holland) First attested as Leyerthienden van Oudenyerop in 1593. Derived from the plural form of dialectal lei (“wet peat bog, swampy flooded land”).
  • (Overijssel) Attested as Leijen in 1846. Derived from the plural form of dialectal leije (“cultivated land between two drainage canals”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də ˈlɛi̯.ə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: De Leij‧en
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən

Proper noun

De Leijen n

  1. a hamlet in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
  2. a hamlet in Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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