Warken

See also: warken

Dutch

Etymology

First attested with certainty as warken in 1416. Etymology unknown. A variety of derivations have been proposed: from Middle Dutch vorewerc (“farm belonging to a manor or monastery”), from werk (“fortification”), or from Old Dutch Waro (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-. None of these proposals match well with the earliest attestations of the toponym.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑr.kə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: War‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑrkən

Proper noun

Warken n

  1. a hamlet in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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

German Low German

Noun

Warken

  1. plural of Wark
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