Zwavertshoek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as swafering in 1385. Compound of a toponym derived from Old Dutch Swafhere (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing- and hoek (“isolated place”). Named after a former farm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋaː.vərtsˌɦuk/
  • Hyphenation: Zwa‧verts‧hoek

Proper noun

Zwavertshoek n

  1. a neighbourhood of Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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