Keinse

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Keins (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as kaense in 1319. Etymology unclear. Potentially derived from keen (“gully, creek”) suffixed with a collectivising suffix, although the morphology of the toponym does not match well with this etymology. Compare Keent and Kinrooi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Kein‧se

Proper noun

Keinse n

  1. a hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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