Nijvelaar

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ijvelaer in 1472. Compound of dialectal ijf (“yew, Taxus sp.”) and laar (“intensively cultivated forest”). The initial n developed as a result of an inflected form of the definite article de being contracted into the toponym.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛi̯.vəˌlaːr/
  • Hyphenation: Nij‧ve‧laar

Proper noun

Nijvelaar n

  1. a hamlet in Sint-Michielsgestel, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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