Kortenhoeven

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as cortenhover around 1343. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and oever (“bank”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to the plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoe‧ven

Proper noun

Kortenhoeven n

  1. a hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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