Gein

First attested as Middle Dutch gheyne in 1321, deriving either from the Germanic hydronym *Gaginô or from a term cognate to German gähnen (“yawn”).

The hamlet and neighborhood are both named after the river.

Compare Geyen.

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• Hyphenation: Gein
• Homophones: gein, gijn

Gein n

1. A minor river in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
2. a hamlet in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands
3. a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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