Voorthuizen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as voirthusen in 970. Compound of Old Dutch vort (“ford”) and the dative plural form of hus (“house”), used here to indicate a settlement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvoːrtˌɦœy̯.zə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Voort‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Voorthuizen n

  1. a village and former municipality of Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Voorthuizenaar
  • Voorthuizens

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.