Schottershuizen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Schotters Huysen in 1811-1813. Compound of a variant of dialectal schutter (“somebody who finds wandering cattle for a reward”) and the plural form of huis (“house”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Schotterhuze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɔ.tərsˌɦœy̯.zə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Schot‧ters‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Schottershuizen n

  1. a hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

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