Kortenhoef

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as curtenvene in 1156, attested with certainty as curtenhoven in 1235. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and huue (“plot of land of a certain size”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoef

Proper noun

Kortenhoef n

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

Derived terms

  • Kortenhoever
  • Kortenhoefs

References

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